The Icon of the Mother of God “The Queen of All” is revered not only on Holy Athos, but also far beyond its borders. One of the blessings of “The Tsaritsa” is the healing of cancer patients from a terrible disease that has struck modern humanity. Many cases confirm the impact of the miraculous image, when after a prayer service in front of the icon the most hopeless patients were healed. Believers also pray to the Mother of God for deliverance from the influence of drugs, alcohol, and witchcraft.
The Mother of God is our intercessor
The Mother of God is called by many names: Queen of Heaven, Mother Intercessor, Mother of God, Mother of God. All these names are reflected in our prayers addressed to her bright image; they have developed over the centuries in the Orthodox faith. All icons with the Mother of God are always especially revered, because very often the last resort in troubles is the Intercessor. We consider her to be the main intercessor before the Lord and we tearfully ask for help. Our own prayer powers are very small, and therefore we turn to her, so that she turns to God and protects us and the people close to us.
Many times the common people's prayer to the Mother of God helped in difficult and troubled times for Rus'. She saved our Fatherland from evil enemies, gave courage and spirit to the soldiers.
There is not a single church in Russia, and perhaps not a single Orthodox home, where the bright face of the Mother of God is not present. Often these are several icons - Vladimir, Iveron, Smolensk, the icon of the Mother of God “All-Tsarina” and other lists, each of which helps in one or another life situation. Several hundred copies of icons in Orthodoxy, and each has its own interesting history and amazing evidence of miraculous help. Time and time again, the Mother of God shows the world her maternal care, favor and attention. Hundreds of people are calling for help in front of the “All-Tsaritsa”. What kind of icon is this? What makes it special?
Description of the icon “The Queen of All”
The icon “The All-Tsarina” is very ancient, dates back to the 12th century, has been kept on Mount Athos since the 17th century and was intended as a blessing to the disciples from Elder Joseph the Hesychast.
The icon belongs to one of the iconographic types - Panahranta, from Greek this is translated as “Most Pure” or “Immaculate”. Another name for this same type of icon of the Mother of God is “All-Merciful.” A common feature of the “Tsaritsa” icon is that the Mother of God is seated on a throne, holding her Baby Jesus in her arms. The throne itself is a symbol of the royal grandeur and perfection of the Mother of God - the main Mother on the whole Earth.
The icon of the Mother of God “The Queen of All” is medium in size. The Most Pure Virgin, seated on the throne, is dressed in crimson robes. The Divine Infant, sitting in her arms with a blessing right hand, holds a scroll in his left hand. The Mother of God points to her son with her right hand - as the Savior of the human race. The halo above Christ is written in Greek - “He by whom we all exist”, “From Whom everything is around”. The All-Tsaritsa's halo is decorated with enamel patterns. From above, two angels overshadow the Virgin Mary and Christ, stretching out their hands to them. In general, the icon is very colorful, the bright colors of the robes, the golden background that symbolizes eternity, the beautiful halos above their heads evoke awe in everyone.
The miraculous power of the Face of the Virgin Mary
A legend has been preserved about how the Mother of God punished the sorcerer through her. A strange young man appeared in the temple where the image of Pantanassa was placed. Approaching the icon, he began to whisper incomprehensible words, and suddenly the Face of the Mother of God flashed like lightning. The young man flew back and fell. Many in the church saw this. When the monks picked him up and began to question him, the unfortunate man admitted that he was a magician and decided to test the power of witchcraft on the icons.
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The miracle that occurred from Pantanassa became the reason to consider her the Protector from evil forces. Later, at the beginning of the 20th century, the icon ended up with the famous Athonite elder Joseph the Hesychast. Seeking solitude and exploits, he often moved from place to place along the holy mountain. He blessed his disciples with the image of the Mother of God and since then the icon has been in the cathedral church of the Vatopedi monastery.
Carved icon “The Queen of All”
Where is the original kept?
The icon “The All-Tsarina” refers to one of the miraculous images of the Virgin Mary and Child. In all the churches where the lists of icons are located, the “Tsaritsa” is decorated with various precious jewelry, which the believers bring as a token of gratitude. The prayers of those asking reach the Mother of God, and with her mercy she shows many miracles of healing. The original of the miraculous icon “The All-Tsarina” (“Pantanassa” - Greek) is kept in the Vatopedi monastery, located on Holy Mount Athos. For centuries, the icon has been helping all those who suffer. Thousands of pilgrims flock to Holy Athos in the hope of getting rid of terrible ailments through prayer.
The first miracle from the “Vsetsaritsa”
The “Tsarina of All” showed her first miracle back in the 17th century, when a wonderful man appeared in front of the icon in the temple. He muttered something inaudibly while standing in front of the Holy Icon. At some point, the face of the Mother of God lit up as if by lightning, and this man was thrown to the ground by unknown forces. After he came to his senses, he came to his senses and immediately rushed to confession with tears to the fathers of the monastery. He said that for some time he became interested in magic, did not live with God in his soul, and came here to try his spell on the Holy icons. The miraculous icon “The Queen of All” helped the young man change his views on life, renounce magic and become a pious Christian. After his epiphany and relief from mental burdens, he remained on Holy Athos. Like a cancerous tumor, sorcery, witchcraft, and a passion for magic spread among Christians at that time.
Icon "The Queen of All". What does it help with?
After the first manifestation of miraculous powers, believers increasingly began to turn to the icon for deliverance from terrible misfortunes. It became obvious that the icon helps patients with various tumors, including malignant ones.
Over two thousand years, scientists, of course, have made progress in the fight against a terrible disease called cancer, but it remains one of the incurables. Having heard, like a death sentence, a diagnosis of cancer, some give up and prepare for the worst. Many patients, whom doctors have already given up on, rely only on a miracle and turn their gaze and tearful prayers to God. This is where the Mother of God “All-Tsarina” comes to the rescue. Many cases of the miraculous power of this icon have been recorded throughout the Earth. Already in the 17th century, other monasteries began to make exact copies of the icon, so that all cancer patients had the opportunity to turn to it. And in the churches of Russia there is the icon “The Tsaritsa”. What do they pray for before her? Now she is known throughout the world as a cure for cancer. Her very name “The All-Tsarina”, the All-Sovereign, the All-Mistress confirms the immense power of her image, which has a healing principle.
“The Tsaritsa” heals not only cancer, but also serious illnesses: drug addiction, alcoholism, passion for magic, which, like a tumor, have enveloped humanity. The prayer to the icon “The Queen of All” should be extolled not only from loved ones of those who are dependent on the disease, but also come from the sick person himself.
The Queen of All conquers illness and witchcraft
People's love for the image of the All-Tsarina is growing, and the number of temples in Her honor is increasing. Cancer and tumor diseases, frightening in their suddenness and mercilessness, recede before the prayer of the Mother of God, which She offers for the whole world. People who were previously unbelievers flock to Her miraculous images and receive relief. With the cessation of the development of the disease, faith and strength to perform spiritual deeds appear.
Healthy. People also turn to the Mother of God of All Queens for protection from witchcraft. Possessing insufficient faith, some people are afraid of the actions of sorcerers, witches, etc., thinking that they are capable of causing harm.
The Mother of God more than once destroyed the machinations of sorcerers, showing how weak they were before the power of God. By praying to the “Tsarina of All,” any Christian becomes terrible for demons and no evil forces can approach him.
In the Kazan Church in Rostov-on-Don, the icon around the Mother of God depicts the Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Martyr Justinia - saints defeating demonic intrigues.
The first miracle from the icon that arrived in Russia was the healing of an unbelieving young man from drug addiction. The unfortunate man lost his mind and behaved aggressively. His mother prayed for him before the All-Tsaritsa, ordered a prayer service and brought home holy water. Surprisingly, instead of the usual screaming and cursing, the guy asked for holy water and drank it all. After that, his mood changed, he began to be treated by a narcologist and got a job. Now the former drug addict thanks the Mother of God and helps others get rid of addiction.
Prayer before the icon “The Queen of All”
The appearance of the icon in Russia
In 1995, the Community of Charity of John of Kronstadt, operating at the oncology center for children in Kashirka, asked to graciously provide a copy of the “All-Tsarina” icon so that it would bring healing to sick children. A copy was written with the blessing of Archimandrite Ephraim of Vatopedi. Fulfilling an order from Russia, the monastery icon painters mixed holy relics into the paint for writing and added holy water. The newly painted icon perfectly preserved the purity and beauty of the pristine image of the Virgin and Child.
This is how the icon “The Tsaritsa” ended up in Moscow on August 11, 1995. The first to see her were the children of the “house of sadness” - the oncology department located on Kashirka. Despite the hardships and sorrow that reigned in this institution, here too there was a place for the all-warming love of the Mother of God and the Lord. Facts confirm the miraculous effect of the icon. After sick children took the “Vsetsaritsa”, many noticed improvements in their condition so strong that they could not be attributed only to the effects of drugs. Every week, the priests of the community delivered an icon to sick children and performed a prayer service before the “All-Tsaritsa”, asking for their health.
“The Tsaritsa” in the Church of All Saints (Novoalekseevsky Monastery)
On the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, a miracle happened - the icon began to bleed myrrh. A few drops of peace appeared on it, and everything around was filled with an amazing fragrance. The flow of myrrh was repeated on the feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary. News of the wonderful icon instantly spread throughout Moscow. The miraculous “Vsetsaritsa” was transferred to the Church of All Saints in Krasnoye Selo.
Orthodox believe that the Mother of God herself chooses the places for her miraculous icons. This is how the “Vsetsaritsa” settled in the Novoalekseevsky Monastery in the Church of All Saints. The temple servants say that the icon is happy here, it helps to perform miracles of healing. The icon is regularly taken to the oncology center for prayer services. The last hope for healing is justified by the icon “The Tsaritsa”; its significance for incurable patients is simply enormous.
The first miracle in Russia
The first miracle in Russia from the icon “The Tsaritsa” was the cure of a drug addict who had suffered from this illness for several years. Since then, hundreds of parents have prayed to the icon for their children, who are lost in society and addicted to harmful addictions to alcohol or drugs.
One pious Christian woman has a son. And it so happened that he got involved with bad company and became addicted to drugs. It started with weed and ended with a terrible geraine addiction. The guy is seriously hooked. No matter how many authorities the poor mother went through, the doctors just shrugged their shoulders: the guy had no desire to be treated, he was already suffering from a severe mental disorder. The guy completely abandoned his studies and turned into a boor and a barbarian towards his closest people. It even happened that he raised his hand to the one who gave him life. The mother despaired of waiting for help from people. Soon the pious woman heard that the icon “The Tsarina of All” had appeared in Moscow and was helping hopelessly ill patients to recover from the terrible machinations of Satan. Drug addiction can be attributed to the machinations of Satan.
In January 1996, full of hope and faith, a Muscovite came to the temple with the greatest trepidation and excitement. As never before, she prayed with hot tears and looked with hope at the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. I took holy water from the temple.
In front of the house, she felt anxious that her son would start his daring bullying again. But a miracle... his first words were a request, he wanted to drink as much holy water as possible. His mother did not immediately believe her ears when he said that he wanted to be treated by a narcologist and work. An amazing fact, but at the drug treatment clinic, doctors certified that the guy’s body does not have too harmful effects from drugs and will be able to quickly recover. Now the guy is trying to help everyone who wants to get rid of drugs to get on the right path. The mother came to the temple with words of gratitude and told this story to the priest.
Icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands
The miraculous, miraculous image of the Savior, located in the Novospassky Monastery, constituting its main shrine, was, at the same time, an all-Russian church treasure, deeply revered by the Orthodox Russian people.
The first miracle, which marked the beginning of the all-Russian glorification of the holy icon of the Savior, was revealed from it on July 12, 1645 in the city of Khlynov (Vyatka) in the Church of the All-Merciful Savior. Historical church documents confirm that a resident of the city, Peter Palkin, who suffered from complete blindness for three years, after praying before the icon of the Savior, received healing and received his sight. After this, wondrous miracles from the image began to happen one after another, and the fame of the miraculous image quickly spread throughout the Russian Land. Having heard about the extraordinary miracles from the icon, the then reigning pious sovereign Alexei Mikhailovich, on the advice of Archimandrite Nikon, later the Patriarch, who was the rector of the Novospassky Monastery, decided to transfer the icon to the capital of Moscow. In fulfillment of the royal will, with the blessing of Patriarch Joseph, an embassy headed by the abbot of the Moscow Epiphany Monastery Paphnutius was sent to the city of Khlynov for the holy icon.
On January 14, 1647, literally all of Moscow came out to meet the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands. The meeting took place at the Yauz Gate. As soon as the icon became visible to the people, a ringing sound was heard in all Moscow churches, everyone knelt down, and a thanksgiving prayer began. At the end of the prayer service, the miraculous image was transferred to the Kremlin and placed in the Assumption Cathedral. The gates to the Kremlin through which the image was brought in, which had been called Frolovsky until that time, were ordered to be called Spassky from now on. In addition, the royal decree followed that everyone should take off their hats when passing through the gates.
The image was kept in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin until the reconstruction of the Transfiguration Cathedral in the Novospassky Monastery was completed. As soon as the day for the consecration of the cathedral was set, September 19, 1647, the icon was solemnly transferred to the monastery in a procession of the cross.
In 1670, the image of the Savior was given to help Prince Yuri, who was going to the Don to pacify the rebellion of Stepan Razin. The revolt was suppressed, and by royal command the image was decorated with a gilded chasuble, studded with diamonds, yachts and large pearls.
On August 13, 1834, a terrible fire occurred in Moscow. At the request of the residents, a miraculous image of the Savior was brought from the Novospassky Monastery, which was placed around the fire. In front of everyone, the fire, as if by an invisible force, was kept from spreading beyond the line where the icon was being carried. Soon the wind died down and the fire stopped. Since then, the image began to be taken out for prayer services at home. During the cholera that raged in Moscow in 1848, many patients received miraculous help from the icon.
In 1839, the icon was decorated with a gilded silver chasuble with precious stones to replace the one stolen by the French in 1812. In the summer, the image was in the Transfiguration Cathedral, and in the winter it was transferred to the Intercession Church; in the St. Nicholas and Catherine churches of the monastery there were exact copies of the miraculous image.
Until 1917, the icon was in the monastery. Currently, the whereabouts of the holy image are unknown. In the Novospassky Monastery there is a preserved copy of the miraculous image. It is located in the local row of the iconostasis of the Transfiguration Cathedral - where the miraculous icon itself was previously placed.
“The Savior left us His holy image, so that we, looking at it, would constantly remember his incarnation, suffering, life-giving death and redemption of the human race,” it was said at the VI Ecumenical Council.
The celebration takes place on August 16/29.
Troparion, tone 2
We worship Your most pure image, O Good One, asking for forgiveness of our sins, O Christ our God, by the will of Your flesh you deigned to ascend to the Cross, so that You may deliver Him from the work of the enemy. Thus we cry out to You in gratitude: You have filled all with joy, our Savior, who came to save the world. Prayer O Most Blessed Lord Jesus Christ, our God! You, from the ancient times of human nature, washed your face with holy water and wiped it with a rubbish, and you deigned to depict it miraculously on the same fringe and sent it to the Edessa prince Abgar for the healing of his illness. Behold, now we, Thy servants, sinners, possessed by our mental and physical ailments, seek Thy face, O Lord, and with David in the humility of our souls we call: do not turn Thy face away from us, and turn away in anger from Thy servants, be our Helper, not reject us and do not abandon us. O All-Merciful Lord, our Savior! Imagine for Yourself in our souls, that if we live in holiness and truth, we will be Your sons and heirs of Your Kingdom, and so we will not cease to glorify You, our Most Merciful God, together with Your Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Novospassky Monastery. Moscow. Icon "The Queen of All"
The Novospassky Monastery is one of the most ancient monasteries in Moscow. Since ancient times, on its territory there are the oldest holy burial places of the royal dynasties, as well as a great many different miraculous icons of the Orthodox faith.
Today, the list of the “Vsetsaritsa” icon located in Krasnoe Selo is far from the only one in Russia. The icon “The Tsaritsa” appeared in the Novospassky Monastery in 1997. The list was made to order at the Vatopedi Monastery. Now he is revered as myrrh-streaming and miraculous. Believers come from all over to ask for mercy from the icon “The Tsarina of All.” Every Sunday prayers and water blessings are held here.
As in other places where there is an icon of the “Vsetsaritsa”, a book is being kept in the Novospassky Monastery. It records all the miracles that occur from the image of the Mother of God.
Once a year, the “Vsetsaritsa” leaves the Novospasskaya monastery. She is sent to the Herzen Oncology Institute. There, in the hospital church, consecrated in honor of this image, a prayer service is held, where all those suffering can venerate the Mother of God and ask her for help.
Images and their meanings
Interesting.
The Mother of God in the icon is depicted in full height, on a throne, with the Child of God in her arms. Behind the throne are two Archangels. “Reverse perspective”, used when painting icons, means turning the Divine world to the human world. The “fields” of the icon represent the earthly world, and the inner part—the “ark”—represents the Heavenly world. The background symbolizes Divine light. Gold is often used to depict light; sometimes it is replaced with precious minerals: malachite, cinnabar, lapis lazuli or ocher.
Halos and inscriptions
There are round halos around the heads of the Mother of God, the Savior and the Archangels; on the Athos icon they are decorated with ornaments. The circle is a symbol of eternity, speaks of the beginninglessness and infinity of God. The cross in the halo of the Infant Christ is a symbol of Salvation, evidence of victory over the devil, sin and death. The combination of the circle and the cross is a reminder that God became incarnate to be crucified for people on the Cross.
Icon “The Tsarina” in St. Sergius Church
Near the heads of the Savior, the Mother of God and the Archangels there are inscriptions indicating who is depicted on the icon. At the VII Ecumenical Council it was decided that without a name an icon image cannot exist. In the ancient church, the very moment of inscription was the solemn consecration of the image.
The image of the Infant God is signed according to Greek tradition - IC XC. These are the first letters of the words Jesus Christ, Image of the Virgin Mary - MR, which translated from Greek means Mother of God. In the crosshairs of the Savior’s halo, the letters translated from Greek mean “Existing” (Existing forever).
Clothes of the Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary is depicted in clothes worn by married women in the East in the first centuries - a maforia thrown over the shoulders, a cap, a tunic dress and boots. Maforium - a large veil, was put on the head and enveloped almost the entire figure. Crimson, purple color is a symbol of patricianism. The cap was worn under the maforia and covered the hair.
A tunic is a straight, narrow garment with sleeves intercepted by shoulder straps. Armbands are a detail of liturgical vestments and are a symbol of the service of the entire Church (in the person of the Mother of God) to God.
Procession with the icon “The Tsaritsa”
During her life on earth, the Mother of God dressed modestly and did not wear jewelry. The golden decorations and sitting on the throne depicted on the icon convey the royal majesty of the Mother of God.
About other Mother of God icons:
- Kazanskaya
- Kaluzhskaya
- Jerusalem
Three golden stars on the maforia are a symbol of “ever-virginity” (eternal virginity, before the birth of the Savior and after). The Baby covering one of the stars symbolizes the birth from the Virgin.
The hand gestures of the Blessed Virgin are always prayerfully addressed to God in prayer for the whole world.
Image of the Divine Infant
The Divine Infant is depicted in a white shirt (white is the color of heavenly purity), with a stripe of a different color on his right shoulder and in a golden tunic. This strip is called "clave". In Rome, the clave is a sign of patricianism, belonging to the upper class, and in the east, in Palestine, it is a sign of a traveler making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The golden touches on the Lord's clothes are the royal dignity of Christ.
Interesting. The Child Christ on Orthodox icons is depicted in the proportions of an adult. This reminds us that the Lord has always been the perfect King, the Ruler of the world.
With his right hand the Savior blesses all those praying; in his left hand he holds a scroll - an image of His New Testament Teaching, His preaching, His words.
Icon “The Tsaritsa” in the Novospassky Monastery
Archangels
The archangels are depicted as they appeared to people - in the form of beautiful young men with wings, in beautiful clothes trimmed with precious stones, with curly locks of hair. They have tiaras in their hair - jewelry made of precious stones, small crowns, indicating that the Archangels belong to the retinue of the Heavenly King. The ribbons behind their heads - “rumors” - mean that the Archangels always hear and do the will of God.
The Archangel, depicted to the right of the Virgin, points his hand upward. In iconography, this gesture means a call to repentance. The Archangel on the left stands in a prayer position with his hands folded on his chest. Some images, including the oldest fresco of the Trigilian Monastery, have the inscriptions “Archangel Michael” and “Archangel Gabriel”.
Sometimes saints are depicted instead of Archangels.
Icon of the Mother of God “The Queen of All”, painted on Holy Mount Athos
Akathist
Relatively recently, a Slavic version of the akathist, different from the Greek, was created in honor of the icon “The Tsaritsa”. In the Church of All Saints, every Sunday a prayer service is held and an akathist is read to the icon “The Tsaritsa”, and oil is consecrated to anoint all the sick and suffering, not only from oncology. The akathist to the icon contains many petitions extolling the Mother of God. They call her “The Secret Sweetness for the Suffering,” and “The Destroyer of Cancer,” and “Pointing the Finger to the Cup of Life—the Eucharist.” Every Christian, like a baby to the breast, must fall to the Mother Church and accept all the Divine mysteries. Many people learn about amazing facts when the “Vsetsaritsa” comes to the rescue in the most hopeless cases.
Why does healing occur? This is what the priests of the temple say: the grace of God is sent to everyone who prays according to his faith, work and prayers. On Sunday, a prayer service and akathist are read, after which the oil is blessed and distributed to those in need. To pray to the “All-Tsarina” at home, you can purchase small images of Her in the church shop. On the back is written a prayer with which you need to address the Mother of God. Everyone who attended the akathist assures that they felt the power of the prayer word. Fervent prayer helps to get rid of many troubles and misfortunes, because the Lord said: “I will not cast out those who ask earnestly.” People sing in the akathist: “Rejoice, you who raise from their beds those abandoned by healers. Rejoice, you who burn out cancerous ulcers like a flame.”
Father tells believers that if they expect healing from God, they need to work for it. Read the prayer word and akathist. It is not for nothing that the “Tsarina of All” points her finger to the Holy Eucharist when resorting to Communion, to Confession. After the prayer service, you need to take the sacred oil and anoint it with words of prayer and in faith on the sore spots and forehead of the sick person. Rely on the miraculous power of the Lord.
In every church where there is an icon of the “Tsarina of All,” you can read the chronicle of miraculous healings of those who no longer hoped to receive it from earthly healers, but trusted only in the power of the Lord. There are many stories here about babies and old people, women, men, about cures for cancer even in the later stages of the most hopeless patients. And stories not only about deliverance from a fatal disease, but also from various satanic addictions. In gratitude, people not only leave their stories, but also bring rich gifts to the “Vsetsaritsa”. In each temple, on the icon you can see many decorations left by its grateful children.
Orthodox Life
The miraculous image of the Mother of God “The Queen of All” is revered both on Athos and far beyond its borders. “The Queen of All” has the grace of healing patients with cancer - the most terrible disease of modern humanity. There are countless cases where people with cancer were healed after a prayer service in front of the icon of the Mother of God, the Tsarina of All. Before this miraculous image they also pray for deliverance from witchcraft and children’s addiction to alcohol and drugs. .
The miraculous icon of the Mother of God, called “The All-Tsarina” (in Greek – “Pantanassa”) is located on Holy Mount Athos near the northeastern column of the cathedral church of the Vatopedi monastery, to the left of the royal gates. This small-sized icon (17th century), according to legend, was the blessing of the Athonite elder Joseph the Hesychast to his disciples.
The icon depicts the Most Holy Theotokos in a scarlet robe, seated on the royal throne. In Her arms is the Infant Christ with a scroll in his left hand and blessing with his right hand. With her right hand, the Mother of God points to Her Royal Son as the Savior of the world. In the background are two angels who reverently overshadow the Most Pure Virgin with their wings.
From the story of Elder Joseph the Hesychast, we know about the first miracle that occurred at the image of the “All-Tsarina.” One day, a certain young man entered the temple and wanted to venerate the icon, but suddenly the face of the Mother of God flashed like lightning, and an invisible force threw him to the ground. Having risen, the young man with tears in his eyes confessed to the monks that he lived away from God and was engaged in witchcraft. He even came to the Vatopedi monastery to test the power of his magic on the holy icons. The miraculous intervention of the Mother of God forever turned the young man away from witchcraft, forced him to change his life and become a God-fearing person.
The miraculous image of the Mother of God “The Queen of All” is revered both on Athos and far beyond its borders. “The Queen of All” has the grace of healing patients with cancer - the most terrible disease of modern humanity. There are countless cases where people with cancer were healed after a prayer service in front of the icon of the Mother of God, the Tsarina of All. Before this miraculous image they also pray for deliverance from witchcraft and children’s addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Many miracles through prayers from the “Vsetsaritsa” have occurred in recent years in Greece, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.
At the request of the Community of Mercy of Saint Righteous John of Kronstadt at the children's oncology center on Kashirskoe Highway, on August 11, 1995, a copy of the icon of the Mother of God “The All-Tsarina” was brought to Moscow. This is an exact copy of the icon, painted with the blessing of the governor of Vatopedi, Archimandrite Ephraim.
A few months later, on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the icon began to stream myrrh, several large drops of myrrh appeared on it, and an amazing fragrance filled everything around.
On the Feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, the flow of myrrh was repeated once again. The first miracle revealed by the All-Tsarina in Russia is called the healing of a young man who had suffered from drug addiction for many years.
After the news about the icon spread throughout Moscow, the miraculous image was transferred to the Church of All Saints of the former Novo-Alekseevsky Monastery. The image of the “All-Tsarina” is regularly brought back to the oncology center for prayer services. Through prayers at the miraculous icon, a large number of children who were treated here received healing.
Today this list is no longer the only one in Russia. Another miraculous copy of the icon of the Mother of God “Vsetsaritsa” has appeared in Moscow, which is located in the Novospassky Monastery. Here, as in the Church of All Saints, a book is kept in which all miracles occurring from the shrine are recorded.
In connection with numerous reports of healings from cancer, transmitted along with medical reports to the Moscow Patriarchate from the Ekaterinburg diocese in 2004, one of the lists of the “All-Tsarina” icon from the Holy Trinity Monastery in the village of Taraskovo was included in the number of locally venerated icons of the diocese.
Another copy of the icon of the Mother of God “Vsetsaritsa” was donated to the Serpukhov Vladychny Convent in 1997. Since April 28, 2000, the icon began to periodically stream myrrh. After some time, people began to talk about the healing of their illnesses through prayers in front of the “All-Tsarina” icon. Since 2004, the monastery has read an akathist daily before the miraculous image of the Mother of God, during which the names of people suffering from various ailments are remembered.
The miraculous icon of the Mother of God “The Tsaritsa” is the main shrine of the convent in honor of this icon in the city of Krasnodar.
This Image of the Most Holy Theotokos was painted from the Athonite prototype by the Russian master, icon painter from Pereslavl-Zalessky V.A. Polyakov, in the Vatopedi monastery during Holy Week of Lent in 2005. The icon painted by Valery Polyakov was recognized by the governor of the monastery and Greek icon painters as an exact copy of the original. The icon was consecrated on the day of Holy Easter - a prayer service was served, led by the governor of Vatopedi, Archimandrite Ephraim, then the icon was attached to 130 shrines of the Vatopedi monastery, including the Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos. On the reverse side of the icon is the seal of the Vatopedi Monastery and the signature of Archimandrite Ephraim. In June 2005, the miraculous image was delivered from Mount Athos to the heart of Russia - Moscow, and then with honors, accompanied by the monks of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, to Krasnodar, to His monastery. Having met the Shrine dear to their hearts at the Krasnodar-1 railway station, hundreds of parishioners accompanied the miraculous image in a religious procession to its place of residence.
The chronicle of healings through prayers from the miraculous image of the “All-Tsarina” is constantly updated with more and more new evidence of miraculous help for those who no longer expected to receive it from earthly doctors. In the books of recording miracles, which are kept in many monasteries and churches, where lists of the miraculous Athos image are kept, there are stories about both old people and babies, on behalf of women and men, about cures in the later stages of cancer and about the removal of suspicions about it, about recovery from fatal diseases, recovery from drug and alcohol addictions.
A few months ago, in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, a blind girl received her sight from the icon of the Mother of God “The All-Tsarina”, kept in the Church of All the Reverend Fathers of the Pechersk. Israeli and Ukrainian doctors confirm the fact of the miracle, emphasizing that with a diagnosis of “optic nerve tumor” a person cannot see anything. Non-surgical treatment is impossible and one cannot count on the help of doctors in such cases, but the girl was helped unexpectedly and miraculously by the Most Holy Theotokos...
Elena’s regular attendance at prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos at the “All-Tsarina” icon was accompanied by glimpses of vision near the icon. Unexpectedly, during the prayer service, her vision improved significantly - Elena saw an icon, a priest and even specks of dust in the rays of the sun... According to doctors, the visual system with such a disease cannot transmit signals to the brain.
During the first days of January, Elena also developed her hearing in noisy places! Before this, due to the tumor in her head, she could not hear anything.
The celebration in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Vsetsaritsa” is set for August 18/31.
Prayers before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Vsetsaritsa”
First prayer
O All-merciful, venerable Mother of God, Pantanassa, All-Queen! I am not worthy, but come under my roof! But as a merciful and gracious Mother of God, say the word, may my soul be healed and my weak body strengthened. For you have an invincible power and all your words will not be exhausted, O All-Tsaritsa! You beg for me. You begged for me. May I glorify Your glorious name always, now and forever. Amen.
Second prayer
O Most Pure Mother of God, All-Tsarina! Hear our much-painful sigh before Your miraculous icon, brought from the inheritance of Athos to Russia, look upon Your children, those suffering from incurable ailments, who fall to Your holy image with faith! Just as a winged bird covers its chicks, so You, now and ever-living being, have covered us with Your multi-healing omophorion. Appear with patience and weakness. There, where hope disappears, awaken with undoubted Hope. There, where fierce sorrows prevail, there, where the darkness of despair has settled in souls, let the ineffable light of the Divine shine forth! Comfort the faint-hearted, strengthen the weak, grant softening and enlightenment to hardened hearts. Heal Your sick people, O All-Merciful Queen! Bless the minds and hands of those who heal us, may they serve as an instrument of the Almighty Physician Christ our Savior. As if You are alive and present with us, we pray before Your icon, O Lady! Extend Your hand, full of healing and healing, Joy to those who mourn, Consolation to those in sorrow, so that we soon receive miraculous help, we glorify the Life-Giving Indivisible Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion, tone 4
With the joyful image of the honest All-Tsarina, with the warm desire of those seeking Thy grace, save, O Lady; deliver those who come running to You from circumstances, protect Your flock from every misfortune, always crying out for Your intercession.
Kontakion, tone 6
There are no imams of other help, no imams of other hope, except for You, the Lady. Help us, we rely on You, and we boast in You, for we are Your servants, let us not be ashamed.
Greatness
We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, Mother of Christ our God, and honor Your holy image, from which you exude healing to all who flow to You with faith.
Prayer to the Queen of All (author Elder Joseph of Vatopedi)
Guide to Athos
