The Weeping Mother of God - The Strongest Icon That Helped Thousands of People and Healed Everything. The "Weeping Virgin" icon has a history going back centuries and is shrouded in mystery! According to tradition, the Holy Mother of God appeared to an icon-painter monk from Athos and gave him orders to transfer her icon to Veliko Tarnovo to a monastery dedicated to the Holy Mother of God. Immediately upon arrival, the icon manifested its miracle by healing the child of a rich merchant. The story tells that when the Turks conquered Bulgaria and approached Tarnovgrad, the icon was hidden in the ground. Centuries passed and the monastery and its shrine were covered in oblivion, but every year on the feast of the Assumption, local people gathered reverently at this place, not knowing about the hidden treasure in the earth. A little later, the child of the Pasha of Turnovo, who donated money for monastic cells, was also healed in front of the icon. Because of the moans that the shepherdess heard, the nuns named the icon "The Weeping Mother of God". Many times the miraculous icon has shown its healing power, thanks to which blind people with strong faith and pure prayer have seen. St. The Mother of God has also helped many people in difficulties to find the right path. On the feast of St. Theotokos, believers gather the night before to spend the night in the monastery. In addition to healing and giving strength in life's infirmity, the miraculous icon in Arbanasi has on several occasions protected the monastery from complete destruction.