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Icon - Virgin Life-Giving Water Source - Wood
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Icon - Virgin Life-Giving Water Source - Wood

Revival, Orthodox Icon "Holy Virgin Life-Giving Source" from Greek: Ζωοδοχου Πηγής, Παναγιωπούλα (Nausa). The icon is hand painted on wood. The condition is good for the age of the icon. There are many different miraculous icons of the Mother of God. Some faces of the Virgin have an ancient history. One of these icons is "The Life-Giving Source". The history of the appearance of the icon of the Mother of God "Life-giving source" dates back to the 5th century and recalls the miracle of the healing of a blind man at the life-giving source near Constantinople. A witness to this incredible event was the warrior Leo Markel, who later became the emperor of the Byzantine Empire. When Leo passed the spring, he saw a blind man. The warrior went to the spring to get water and give it to the blind man. Suddenly a voice told him to draw water from the spring and not only to drink the blind man, but also to bandage the sick man with a wet bandage of water. It was the voice of the Mother of God. The warrior fulfilled the order and the blind man received his sight. In Russia, icons such as the Fountain of Life began to appear in the 16th century.

No. 81876839

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Icon - Virgin Life-Giving Water Source - Wood

Icon - Virgin Life-Giving Water Source - Wood

Revival, Orthodox Icon "Holy Virgin Life-Giving Source" from Greek: Ζωοδοχου Πηγής, Παναγιωπούλα (Nausa).

The icon is hand painted on wood.
The condition is good for the age of the icon.

There are many different miraculous icons of the Mother of God. Some faces of the Virgin have an ancient history. One of these icons is "The Life-Giving Source".

The history of the appearance of the icon of the Mother of God "Life-giving source" dates back to the 5th century and recalls the miracle of the healing of a blind man at the life-giving source near Constantinople. A witness to this incredible event was the warrior Leo Markel, who later became the emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

When Leo passed the spring, he saw a blind man. The warrior went to the spring to get water and give it to the blind man. Suddenly a voice told him to draw water from the spring and not only to drink the blind man, but also to bandage the sick man with a wet bandage of water. It was the voice of the Mother of God. The warrior fulfilled the order and the blind man received his sight.

In Russia, icons such as the Fountain of Life began to appear in the 16th century.

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