Icon of the Mother of God of Novodvorskaya

History of writing the icon

This amazing icon was painted by Metropolitan Peter of Moscow in 1320.

After the Union of Brest, the icon was placed in the Yeletsky Chernigov Monastery. It was this icon that blessed the construction of the Surazh monastery. When the Surazh monastery was established near the city of Surazh, His Grace Anthony Stakhovsky gave this icon to the builder of the monastery, Simeon.

In the cathedral church of this monastery, now no longer existing, there stood the holy Novodvorskaya icon.

In 1677, on August 14, the icon was transferred from the old church to the new one in a procession before the liturgy.

List of icons in the Kiev Golden-Domed St. Michael's Monastery

The Kiev Golden-Domed-Mikhailovsky Monastery also houses the revered Novodvorskaya icon - an exact copy of the miraculous one. On the Novodvorskaya icon, the Mother of God, holding the Savior on her left hand, is depicted wearing a crown, and there is also a crown on the head of the Infant God.

It is currently unknown where the icon of the Mother of God, painted by Metropolitan Peter and located in the Surazhitsky Monastery, is located. And the Surazhitsky Annunciation Monastery itself was abolished in 1786. Celebration of December 20 (January 2, new style).

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Novodvorsk icon what to pray for

The prototype of the Novodvorsk Icon of the Mother of God was painted by Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (December 21), presumably in 1320. While still a hieromonk of a monastery in Volyn and having asked for the blessing of the abbot, Peter left the monastery in search of a secluded place. On the Rati River, near a tract called the New Palace, he set up a cell and began to asceticize in silence. Subsequently, a monastery was formed on the site of his exploits, called Novodvorsky

After the signing of the Union of Brest, during the persecution of the Uniates who plundered the Novodvorsky Monastery, the holy icon was transferred by a certain hieromonk Jacob to the Chernigov Yeletsky Holy Dormition Monastery.

Then the Eminence of Chernigov Anthony (Stakhovsky) blessed Simeon, the builder of the Surazh monastery (abolished in 1766), with this icon. On August 14, 1677, during the procession of the cross from the old church to the new, the holy image of the Mother of God showed miraculous signs. Saint Demetrius of Rostov, who arrived at that time to venerate the miraculous icon, witnessed that Bishop Nicodemus of Tseler after the Liturgy on August 16 announced these miracles to the assembled believers.

Subsequently, the miraculous Novodvorsky image of the Blessed Virgin Mary stayed in the Novgorod-Seversky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, which was closed in the late 50s of the 20th century. The very prototype of the holy icon was lost during the years of hard times.

One of the monks of the abolished monastery transferred the list from the miraculous image to the city of Nizhyn, and in 1997 it was transferred to the local Church of the Exaltation of the Cross. In 2000, the Novodvorskaya Icon of the Mother of God was placed in an icon case; every Sunday before the miraculous image, an akathist to the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos is served.

Other copies of the miraculous Novodvorskaya Icon of the Mother of God were in the Kamensky Assumption Convent of the Novozybkovsky district of the Chernigov province and in the Kiev Golden-Domed St. Michael's Monastery.

In 2004, during a visit to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Novgorod-Seversky Monastery by the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, a copy of the miraculous icon, written in the 18th century, was donated to the monastery.

The Novodvorskaya icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is a half-length image of the Mother of God with the Divine Child on Her left hand, the heads of which are decorated with crowns.

The prototype of the Novodvorskaya Icon of the Mother of God was painted by St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow, presumably in 1320.

The icon is a half-length image of the Mother of God with the Child on her left hand; their heads are decorated with crowns.

While still a hieromonk of a monastery in Volyn and having asked for the blessing of the abbot, Peter left the monastery in search of a secluded place. On the Rati River, near a tract called the New Palace, he set up a cell and began to asceticize in silence. Subsequently, a monastery called Novodvorsky was formed on the site of his exploits.

The Church of the Martyrs Adrian and Natalia is the only one in Moscow where there is a list of the Novodvorskaya icon. It was brought as a gift to the temple in 1969 by parishioner Elena Mikhailovna Sokolova. According to Elena Mikhailovna’s story, her ancestor, the Turk Ahmed Oglu, was captured during the Russian-Turkish War. He remained in Russia and converted to Orthodoxy. His godfather miraculously found this list and gave it to the newly converted Christian.

The icon is located on the southern wall of the temple, to the left of the entrance to the vestibule for holy water.

The icon is commemorated on January 2 (December 20, old style). According to established tradition, in our church the icon is also honored on January 1 (December 21). On this day, a prayer service with an akathist is served before her.

The celebration of the Novodvorskaya Icon takes place on January 2 (December 20, old style).

What they pray to the Novodvorsk Icon for: they pray for special intercession and favor towards the place where the person is; about protection during persecution; about consolation in times of grief; about stopping the fires.

O All-Merciful Lady, Virgin Mother of God! Hear our humble prayer, and hear the voice of those now contritely approaching Your image. We know, O our Creator Mother, that You are the shameless intercession of Christians and the immutable intercession to the Creator: we also know that our iniquities have exceeded our heads and that a heavy burden has burdened us, and we are no longer worthy to see the heights of heaven, look lower to the Throne the glory of Your Son and our God, but worthy of the appearance of torment and eternal condemnation. For this reason, we fall to You, we ask You tenderly, we cry to You with tears: lift up Your Motherly prayer to Him, so that He will not reject us sinners from His presence, but as He is merciful, may He forgive us our sins, voluntary and involuntary, guiding us on the path of salvation and with the power from above to the creation of His commandments, strengthening: may He preserve us from the temptations of the world, from sinful lusts, from the snares of the devil and from the attacks of visible enemies: may He bless the works of our hands, giving to this city or this village, or this holy monastery and to every city and the country an abundance of earthly blessings, may He create good and serene days for all of us: may He protect His holy Church with peace, and may it unite the dispersed one, for the Lord is good, long-suffering and abundantly merciful, glorified from all creation with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

Miraculous list of icons in the Kamensky Assumption Monastery

A particularly revered ancient copy of the icon was located in the Kamensky Assumption Convent of Novozybkovsky district.

It was given as a blessing to the monastery at its founding in 1687 by Archbishop Lazar Baranovich.

On June 26, 1889, the Assumption Church in the Kamensk monastery was severely damaged by a thunderstorm. Lightning caused a lot of damage inside the temple, but the Novodvorskaya icon remained completely unharmed.

In memory of this, on June 26, a religious procession is held with the sacredly revered icon.

Icon of the Mother of God SURAZH

Icon of the Mother of God of Surazh (Novodvorskaya)

(XIV century, celebration December 20/January 2)

The miraculous icon of the Mother of God, called Novodvorskaya, was painted by Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', around 1320, when he was in Volyn in the monastery he built on the banks of the Rati River, on the New Palace tract. When the Novodvorsky Monastery was captured by the Uniates, Hieromonk Jacob transferred the icon to the Chernigov Dormition Eletsky Monastery. In 1677, on August 14, the image was transferred by the Belarusian Bishop Theodosius from the old church to the new one in a religious procession before the Divine Liturgy. St. Demetrius of Rostov (+1709), who arrived at that time to venerate the miraculous image, said that on August 16, Nicodemus, Bishop of Tseler, announced in the church after the Divine Liturgy, the miracles that took place during the procession from the icon of the Mother of God. In 1720, with the blessing of Archbishop of Chernigov Anthony (Stakhovsky, 1713-1721), Hieromonk Simeon (Lushchinsky), who came from Poland, and the convoy of the Starodubsky regimental Athanasius Yesimontovsky, the Annunciation Monastery was founded newly established the city of Surazh, Chernigov province, across the Iput River.

The Right Reverend Anthony gave the Novodvorskaya icon to the builder of the monastery, Hieromonk Simeon, and it was placed by him in the cathedral church. In 1786, the Annunciation Monastery was abolished, its wooden church was moved to the city of Surazh and became a parish church. The miraculous Novodvorskaya icon was transferred to the Novgorod-Seversky Spassky Monastery. In the Surazh Church, a copy of the Novodvorskaya icon was painted, which was located on the left side of the iconostasis in an ancient silver gilded icon case and was very revered by the parishioners. According to other sources, the miraculous image itself remained in the Surazh temple.

A particularly revered ancient copy of this icon was located in the Kamensky Assumption Monastery of the Novozybkovsky district of the Chernigov province (now the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region). This monastery was founded in 1687 by Hieromonk Jonah. Archbishop Lazar (Baranovich) of Chernigov gave his cell Novodvorsk Icon of the Mother of God as a blessing to the newly built monastery. In 1899, the Assumption Church of the monastery, in which the Holy Icon was located, was significantly damaged by a lightning strike, but the icon remained unharmed. In memory of this wonderful event, every year on June 26, a religious procession was held at the monastery with the revered icon of the Mother of God. Under the Soviet regime, the monastery was almost completely destroyed. Another especially revered copy of the Novodvorskaya icon was located in the Kiev Golden-Domed St. Michael's Monastery.

Now it is unknown where the icon of the Mother of God painted by St. Peter is located. The Surazh Annunciation Church was barbarically destroyed after the Bolshevik revolution. In its place there is now a dance floor in the park. The street on which the temple was located was also called Blagoveshchenskaya (now named after Voroshilov). During the destruction of the temple, one of the icons was saved by one of the city residents. When the Great Patriotic War began, many Surazhan residents were evacuated, leaving their homes. The pious servant of God Natalia, who remained in the city with her mother, says: “We bought firewood in one of the abandoned houses, and when we loaded it, we discovered an icon of the Mother of God embedded in the firewood and Church coverings embroidered in gold. We gave the intercessions to the temple, which still existed then and was located in the place where the district administration is now. But I couldn’t part with the icon. She begged her mother to let her leave her at home. Over time, the image darkened and the faces became difficult to distinguish. In the early 1990s, the icon began to lighten and the inscription became visible.”

The analogue icon of the Mother of God of Novodvorskaya was brought to the newly built church in Surazh in honor of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, on which the following inscription was preserved: “An image of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Miraculous called Novodvorskaya, now located in the Diocese of Chernigov in the Annunciation Surazhskaya Church. February 17, 1866."

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Description of the Novodvorskaya icon
Source: Disc “Orthodox Church Calendar 2011” from the publishing house of the Moscow Patriarchate [2011]
The prototype of the Novodvorskaya Icon of the Mother of God was painted by St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (December 21), presumably in 1320. While still a hieromonk of a monastery in Volyn and having asked for the blessing of the abbot, Peter left the monastery in search of a secluded place. On the Rati River, near a tract called the New Palace, he set up a cell and began to asceticize in silence. Subsequently, a monastery was formed on the site of his exploits, called Novodvorsky. After the signing of the Union of Brest, during the persecution of the Uniates who plundered the Novodvorsky monastery, the holy icon was transferred by a certain hieromonk Jacob to the Chernigov Yeletsky Holy Dormition Monastery. Then the Eminence of Chernigov Anthony (Stakhovsky) blessed Simeon, the builder of the Surazh monastery (abolished in 1766), with this icon. On August 14, 1677, during the procession of the cross from the old church to the new, the holy image of the Mother of God showed miraculous signs. Saint Demetrius of Rostov, who arrived in […]

Icon of Novodvorskaya - description
Source: Website “Miracle-Working Icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary”, author - Valery Melnikov [2011]
According to legend, the icon was painted by St. Peter, the future Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia around 1320, when he still lived in Volyn, in the monastery he founded , on the Rata River, on a tract called the New Palace. During the fight against the union (the merger of the Orthodox and Catholic faiths), the local hieromonk Jacob transferred the holy icon to the Chernigov Yeletsky Assumption Monastery. Over time, the shrine was moved to Novgorod-Siversky, to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, where it was revered along with another miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos - “SAVIOR OF THE DROWNING” (LENKOVSKAYA). In Soviet times, the icon was lost. In 2004, the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine took part in the consecration of the revived Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. An ancient copy (copy) of the Novodvorskaya Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary was given to the monastery as a gift. Another miraculous ancient copy of the Novodvorskaya icon was revered in the Holy Trinity Convent of the city of Kursk. This ancient image is still found[...]

Description of the Novodvorskaya icon from the book by E. Poselyanin
Source: Book “E.
Villager. Our Lady. Description of Her earthly life and miraculous icons" [1914] According to legend, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, called Novodvorskaya, was painted by St. Metropolitan Peter at the beginning of the 14th century. This image is called so because at the time of its writing, Saint Peter was in Volyn, in a now abolished monastery, built on the banks of the Rati River, in the New Palace tract. After the Novodvorsk monastery was captured by the Uniates, Hieromonk Jacob transferred this icon to the Chernigov Dormition Yeletsky Monastery. When the now abolished Surazhetsky monastery was founded in the Chernigov province, near the city of Surazh, His Grace Anthony (Stakhovsky) gave the Novodvorskaya icon as a blessing to the builder of the monastery, Simeon. In this monastery the image was placed in the cathedral church. In 1677, on August 14, the Belarusian Bishop Theodosius (Vasilievich), in a procession before the liturgy, transferred the Novodvorskaya icon from the old cathedral monastery church to the newly created temple of the same Surazhetsky monastery. Saint Demetrius of Rostov, who was at this celebration, says that in the church[...]