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Icons have an ancient and very rich history in Russia. For centuries, they protected the Orthodox from all kinds of misfortunes, cataclysms and wars, helped to maintain presence of mind and forced them to rise from their knees again and again...

Ancient Russian icons stopped enemy armies and encouraged their own, healed ailments and sent pestilence to the enemy, saved them from fires and directed the formidable forces of nature against villains.

Which Russian icons are the most famous and valuable? Let's name 30 Russian Orthodox icons that can definitely be defined as the most famous.

1. Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

According to legend, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was painted by the Evangelist Luke himself. It was brought to Russia at the beginning of the 12th century as a gift to Prince Mstislav.

The icon was recognized as miraculous after it three times withdrew the invaders’ troops from Moscow.

Now the icon is in the Church-Museum of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi at the Tretyakov Gallery.

2. Icon "Trinity"

The famous Trinity icon was painted by Andrei Rublev in the 15th century for the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral. Over the 600 years of its existence, the icon was renewed five times, but after the restoration in 1919, the author’s layer was again discovered.

Now the icon is kept in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

3. Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was found on the ashes in 1579 after the Mother of God appeared three times in a dream to the girl Matrona. Today, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is one of the most popular in Russia. It is believed that it was her patronage that helped Pozharsky’s militia expel the Poles from Moscow.

Of the three miraculous lists, only the St. Petersburg one has survived to this day; it is now kept in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

4. Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God

It is generally accepted that the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God was found in Tikhvin in 1383. The icon is revered as miraculous. According to legend, it was her intercession in 1613 that helped save the Tikhvin Mother of God Assumption Monastery from the Swedish invasion.

Now the icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God is in the Tikhvin Dormition Monastery.

5. Smolensk Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Smolensk Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary was brought to Russia in the 11th century. She was credited with many miracles, including saving Smolensk from the invasion of Batu Khan in 1239.

There are many copies of the Smolensk icon, but the prototype was lost during the occupation of Smolensk by German troops in 1941.

6. Iveron Icon of the Mother of God

In the 9th century, the Iveron Icon was kept in the house of a pious widow, who saved it from destruction by lowering it into the sea. Two centuries later, the icon appeared to the monks of the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos.

In the 17th century, a copy of the miraculous icon was brought to Russia. Today you can venerate the image in the Novodevichy Convent.

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7. Don Icon of the Mother of God

The Don Icon of the Mother of God is double-sided, with the Dormition of the Mother of God depicted on the reverse. The authorship of the icon is attributed to Theophanes the Greek. According to legend, the Cossacks presented this miraculous icon to Dmitry Donskoy before the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380.

Today, the icon is kept in the Tretyakov Gallery and leaves it every year on August 19. On this day, the image is transported to the Donskoy Monastery for the festive service.

8. Icon of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Icon of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary dates back to the 12th century. In 1170, when Andrei Bogolyubsky besieged Veliky Novgorod, during a procession along the walls, the icon was pierced by a random arrow. The icon began to cry, and Bogolyubsky’s troops fled in horror.

The image is still kept in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Veliky Novgorod.

9. Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God

The icon was found in the forest near Kursk on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1295. At the site of the acquired image, a spring immediately began to flow.

According to legend, after the Tatar-Mongol raid the icon was cut in half, but as soon as its parts were combined, it miraculously “grew together.”

In 1920, the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God was taken from Russia by Wrangel’s army. Since 1957, it has been kept in the Znamensky Cathedral of the Synod of Bishops in New York.

10. Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God

The exact date of painting of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God is unknown, but the first mentions date back to the 12th century. The icon is considered miraculous; it was saved from fire several times, and in 1613, nun Martha blessed her son Mikhail Romanov with this icon when he was elected to the kingdom.

You can venerate the miraculous icon at the Epiphany-Anastasia Convent in Kostroma.

11. Pskov-Pechersk Icon “Tenderness”

The “Tenderness” icon is a 1521 copy of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. According to legend, the Pskov-Pechersk Icon protected Pskov from the siege of the Polish King Stephen in 1581.

Now the icon is in the Assumption Cathedral of the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery.

12. Saint Nicholas (Ugresh Icon)

The Ugresh Icon appeared to Dmitry Donskoy on his way to the Kulikovo Field in 1380. Later, a monastery was founded on that site, where the image was kept until the monastery was closed in 1925.

Now the miraculous icon is in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

13. Icon “Savior of Eleazar”

The revealed image of the Savior of Eleazar was found in November 1352. The icon was recognized as miraculous, and the tree on which the icon was found was walled up in the vault of the temple built where the icon was found.

Since August 2010, the icon of the Savior of Eleazarovsky has been kept in the Spaso-Eleazarovsky Monastery near Pskov.

14. Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Nicholas of Mozhaisk)

The icon was painted in the first half of the 17th century from the famous carved sculpture depicting St. Nicholas the Wonderworker with a sword in his hands. In 1993-1995, the icon was restored, revealing the lower layers of paint.

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Now the image is in the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Mozhaisk.

15. Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Arrows

The revealed image of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Arrows was found in the bell tower in Vologda. For many years, parishioners walked on it, mistaking it for a floorboard. The image was recognized as miraculous during the cholera epidemic in 1830.

Today, the revealed image has been lost, but one of the famous copies, the myrrh-streaming icon “Seven Arrows,” is located in the Church of the Archangel Michael in Moscow.

16. Icon of the Holy Matrona of Moscow

Matrona of Moscow was canonized only in 1999, but her icon, painted in the 21st century, has already been recognized as miraculous. The list contains a particle of the saint's veil and relics.

You can venerate the shrine in the Intercession Monastery in Moscow.

17. Icon of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg

Blessed Xenia of Petersburg was canonized in 1988, but they began to venerate the blessed one during her lifetime.

The most famous image is located in the Smolensk Church in St. Petersburg, where everyone can venerate it.

18. Icon of the Transfiguration of the Lord

The icon of the Transfiguration of the Lord was painted in 1403. For a long time, Theophanes the Greek was considered its author, but recent research has shown that the icon was painted by an unknown icon painter of the same period. The creation of the image is associated with the restoration and reconsecration of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky.

Since the 20th century, the famous icon has been kept in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

19. Icon of St. Spyridon of Trimythous

One of the miraculous images of Spyridon of Trimifuntsky is located in the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on the Assumption Vrazhek. Inside the icon is an ark containing the relics of the saint.

20. Icon of St. Basil in prayer to Christ

The icon was painted at the end of the 16th century for the Cathedral of the Intercession on the Moat, which is better known as St. Basil's Cathedral.

The icon is still kept in the same place and is one of the oldest images of the temple.

21. Savior Not Made by Hands Simona Ushakova

The icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands was painted by Simon Ushakov in 1658. The icon painter was criticized for the uncharacteristic depiction of the face of Christ, but later it was this image that became the most popular in Russia.

Now the icon is kept in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

22. Icon of the Savior in the Power of Andrei Rublev

The Icon of the Savior in Power was painted by Andrei Rublev and his apprentices for the iconostasis of the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir in 1408.

The icon can be seen in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

23. Icon of Seraphim of Sarov

One of the most revered icons of Seraphim of Sarov is kept in the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. The image is an exact copy from the cell icon of Schema Abbess Tamar and contains a rosary, part of the saint’s mantle and part of the stone on which he prayed for a thousand days.

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24. Icon of Dionysius, Mother of God Hodegetria (Guide)

The icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria was painted by Dionysius in 1482. For a long time the image was kept in the Ascension Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin, but is now in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

25. Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God

The Pochaev icon was first mentioned in chronicles in 1559, when noblewoman Anna Goiskaya presented the icon to the monks of the Dormition Pochaev Lavra. The icon was recognized as miraculous when its patronage saved the monastery from the Turkish siege on July 20-23, 1675.

The image is still kept in the Assumption Pochaev Lavra in Ukraine.

26. Intercession of Saint Sergius of Radonezh

The most famous and earliest image of Sergius of Radonezh is not an icon, but a cover. It was embroidered in the 1420s, and is now in the sacristy of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

27. Icon of the Apostles Peter and Paul

The icon of the Apostles Peter and Paul was painted in Novgorod in the 11th century and, with a high probability, is the oldest Russian work of easel painting. Three times in its history the icon left Novgorod, but always returned back.

Now the image is in the Novgorod Museum-Reserve in Veliky Novgorod.

28. Icon. Spas Golden Robe

The image of the Golden Robe of the Savior was painted in the 11th century especially for Rus'. The icon received its name because of the now lost solid gilded frame.

The icon can be venerated in the Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin.

29. Icon. Ustyug Annunciation

The Ustyug Annunciation is one of the few surviving icons of the pre-Mongol period. It was written at the beginning of the 12th century in Veliky Novgorod, and transported to Moscow in the middle of the 16th century.

For the last 85 years, the icon has been kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

30. Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God

The Bogolyubsk Icon of the Mother of God is one of the oldest Russian icons (1155) and is revered as miraculous.

During the restoration of 1946, the icon was severely damaged, but subsequent work was able to partially save the image. In 2009, the image suffered again when it was attacked by a fungus that appeared on the icon due to improper storage. Today, the icon is preserved in the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum in a special room. Scientists fear that the new restoration could completely destroy the image.

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Icons of Jesus Christ	Icons of the Virgin Mary	Revered Saints
Savior Not Made by Hands Nativity Christ in the Crown of Thorns Old Testament Trinity (Hospitality of Abraham) Ascension of the Lord Healing the Blind Epiphany (Epiphany) Spas Good Silence (Angel of the Great Council) Chernobyl Spas • Miscellaneous (Lord) •	Tenderness Serafimo-Diveevskaya Childbirth Assistant (Childbirth Assistance) Burning bush Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Vladimirskaya Kazanskaya Feodorovskaya Iverskaya (Goalkeeper, Portaitissa) Jerusalem Everlasting Color	Nicholas the Wonderworker, Myra, St. Andrew the First-Called, ap. Galina Korinfskaya, MC. Luke of Simferopol, Crimean, St. Alla Gotfskaya, MC. Matrona of Moscow, blessed Nina equals Blasius of Sevastia, sschmch. Oleg Bryansky, Rev. Seraphim of Sarov, St.

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Saint Christopher of Lycia the Dog-head.

Saint Christopher is a martyr for the faith of Christ; according to legend, there are many versions about the origin of the future Saint, who before the knowledge of Christianity bore the name Reprev. One version says that he came from a wild tribe of Cynocephali. Another says that Reprev was unusually handsome, had enormous strength and a proud disposition. During his life he led a dissolute life and committed many sins. The third version tells us that he had the body of a man and the head of a dog, which is why on the icon Saint Christopher is often depicted with a dog’s head. There are other versions, but this is not the main thing, because the point is that in the end he was fed up with his sinful life, and he loved our Lord Jesus Christ with all his heart. The Savior blessed him to work as a porter, and Reprev himself joyfully accepted this grace. He carried people across a stormy mountain river, thereby helping them move from one bank to the other. Once, again according to church tradition, he carried a boy across the river. Suddenly, in the center of the river, the boy’s weight became incredibly heavy. He endured it as best he could, his legs gave way, but he still carried the boy across the river. As it turned out, it was Jesus Christ, who took the form of a child in order to test the power of Reprev’s faith. After this, the Lord named him Christopher, which means those who carry Christ. For his true faith, Christopher of Lycia endured torture and was executed by beheading in Lycia, during the reign of the ardent pagan and persecutor of Christians, Emperor Decius, around the year 250. Before this icon it is appropriate to pray to all people who lead an indecent lifestyle, who are subject to temptations and lust, so that Saint Christopher would admonish sinners and guide them on the true path. The Church of Christ celebrates in honor of the Holy Martyr Christopher of Lycia on May 22.

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ICON is an image, a bright image, doctrinal texts, words that are expressed with a brush on a board, visual images of great love, a symbol of repentance for one’s sins, a special type of art that cannot be confused with any other, an indication of the highest heavenly beauty, God’s gaze on all of us.
An icon is a representative of the heavenly world on earth, it is the highest generally recognized achievement of the human spirit, it is a small piece of the Divine principle capable of performing great miracles, it is a holiday, evidence of victory, a triumph.

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