This
icon of the Virgin and Christ Child in the cave in the center of a tree with some of the most famous
icons of the Virgin Mary is a rather contemporary theme in Russian icon history.
The use of a tree, shows the relationship between the central icon of the Nativity and the various manifestations of the
Mother of God seen through her icons.
ICON DESCRIPTION
The icon above the tree is the Holy
Trinity Icon.
Clockwise the icons of the Theotokos on the tree are:
1. It is Truly Meet (Axion Esti)
2. Prochaev Icon of the Mother of God
3. Virgin of the Don
4. Feodorovskaya (Theodore) Virgin
5. Milk-Giver Icon of the nursing Mother of God
6. Virgin "Assuage My Sorrows" Mother of God
7. Virgin of the Sign
8. Vladimir Mother of God - the most beloved icon of the Russian faithful
9. Virgin the Inexhaustible Cup - patroness of addictions and alcoholism
10.Tikhvin Mother of God
11.Virgin "Quick to Hear" our pleas
12. Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God
13. Virgin of Kazan - protectress of St Petersburg & the Russian nation
14. Virgin of Smolensk
15. Virgin o Iveron - the Virgin keeper of the gate of the Iveron Monastery on Mt. Athos
Size of the icon: 8 3/4" x 7 1/4"
