Prayers to the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God: text

The image of the Mother of God is one of the most ancient and especially revered icons. Prayers to the Iveron Mother of God help with serious illnesses, family discord, and the threat of war. This image has always been especially revered in Russia. Although the original is kept far away - on Mount Athos, its amazing story has found a response in the hearts of believers.

Celebration date:
April 21—transitionable
the 6th of May
October 26
25 February

History of the icon

The image of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God has been known since the 9th century. Although many believers are convinced that the authorship belongs to the Evangelist Luke, and he painted the icon even during the earthly life of the Virgin Mary - with Her herself.

According to sources, the image was kept in the house of a widow living in Byzantium. One of the iconoclast soldiers hit the icon with the tip of a spear, and then blood flowed from the face of the Blessed Virgin.

The widow, having received a sign from above, took the image to the sea and let it float. Moreover, he swam vertically, and light rose from him into the sky.

The monks of the Georgian Iveron Monastery, located on Mount Athos, drew attention to this light. The hermit Gabriel the Svyatogorets, walking to the icon straight across the water, returned with it to the monastery. At first the image was in the temple, and then Itself moved to the gate (hence the second name of the icon - “Gatekeeper”). Moreover, in the image you can see the mark of a spear that is bleeding.

Lists of the icon have spread throughout the world. There are quite a few of them in Russia. The first was brought to Moscow in October 1648. Thus a new church holiday appeared. During the years of Soviet power, the icon was taken from the Novodevichy Convent, and it was returned to the monastery only in 2012.

Icon of the Mother of God “Iverskaya” “Goalkeeper”

February 25 (February 12, old style), October 26 (13), Tuesday of Bright Week

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Description of the icon of the Mother of God “Iveron” “Goalkeeper”: In the 9th century, during the heresy of iconoclasm, near the city of Nicaea (modern Turkey) there lived a pious widow and her son, in whose house there was a miraculous icon of the Mother of God. When the soldiers sent to seek out and destroy the holy icons of the Mother of God entered the widow’s house, she, in the hope of preserving the shrine, begged the soldiers to leave the icon of the Mother of God until the morning, promising them a reward for this.

The selfish warriors agreed, but at the same time one of them, leaving, hit the face of the Mother of God with a spear, and blood immediately flowed from the pierced icon of the Mother of God. The amazed warriors left. Wanting to save the miraculous icon of the Mother of God from desecration, the widow took it to the sea and lowered it into the water. The icon of the Mother of God did not lie down on the water, but, standing upright, moved across the sea.

About two centuries have passed since then. One day, the monks of the Iveron Monastery on Athos saw a pillar of fire reaching to the very sky on the sea, at the base of which was an icon of the Mother of God standing on the water. After the prayer service, the monastery elder Gabriel, at the command of the Mother of God who appeared to him in a dream, walked on the water as if on dry land, accepted the icon of the Mother of God and placed it in the temple.

But the next day the icon of the Mother of God was not found in the place where it had been placed, but was discovered above the monastery gate. The image was taken to its original place, but the next morning it was again above the gate. This happened several times. Finally, the Most Holy Theotokos again appeared to the Monk Gabriel, saying that she did not want to be kept by the monks, but wanted to be their Guardian.

The monks built a gate church, in which the miraculous icon of the Mother of God remains to this day. By the name of the monastery, this icon of the Mother of God is called Iverskaya, and by the place of its location above the monastery gates - “Goalkeeper” or “Portaitissa”.

The history of the Iversky Monastery has preserved many cases of the miraculous help of the Mother of God through Her miraculous icon: the deliverance of the monastery from barbarians, the miraculous replenishment of food supplies, the healing of the sick.

The miraculous icon of the Mother of God was well known in Russia. During the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich (1645–1676), Archimandrite Nikon of the Novospassky Monastery (later Patriarch of All Rus') turned to Archimandrite Pachomius of the Iveron Athos Monastery with a request to send a list (copy) of the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

The priest Iamblichus Romanov was blessed to paint the icon of the Mother of God for Russia. Before this, the entire brethren of the monastery (three hundred and sixty-five monks) performed a great prayer service from evening until dawn and blessed the water with holy relics. They poured holy water over the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Portaitissa” and again poured it over a new board prepared for writing the icon, made of cypress wood. After the Divine Liturgy, holy water and particles of holy relics were handed over to the icon painter, who, mixing them with paints, began to paint the icon of the Mother of God.

On October 13, 1648, the icon was brought to Moscow and solemnly greeted at the Resurrection Gate by many people, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Patriarch Joseph.

When Nikon ascended the patriarchal throne, he planned to build a monastery on one of the islands of Lake Valdai in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, in the likeness of the Athos Iveron Monastery. Skilled painters were sent to Athos to paint a new copy of the ancient Iveron Icon of the Mother of God and draw up an accurate plan of the Iveron monastery. Through the efforts of Russian architects, the Iveron Mother of God Svyatoozersky Monastery was founded in Valdai, to which in 1656 the newly painted Iveron Icon of the Mother of God was brought from Athos.

Other revered copies of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, installed in the Iveron Chapel at the Resurrection Gate, were also written on Athos. Thousands of Orthodox Christians from all over Russia came to venerate the miraculous image (one icon never left its place, while the other was taken from house to house in Moscow in a special carriage). Arriving in Moscow, Russian sovereigns, before entering the Kremlin, always prayed in the chapel at the Resurrection Gate in front of the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

In 1929, the chapel was destroyed, the icon of the Mother of God disappeared, but the mobile icon was preserved and is now in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sokolniki. Nowadays, by the grace of God, the chapel has been recreated, and Orthodox Russia, on October 26, 1995, again met the image of the Iveron Mother of God, painted on Holy Mount Athos.

There are icons of the Iveron Mother of God with a wound on the right cheek of the Mother of God, oozing drops of blood, and without a wound.

At the end of the twentieth century, the myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Montreal, whose custodian was the Orthodox Spaniard Joseph Muñoz Cortes, became famous. Unfortunately, in October 1997, after the villainous murder of Joseph, the miraculous image disappeared without a trace.

The celebration of the miraculous Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in the Russian Orthodox Church takes place three times: February 12/25 (this day is associated with the transfer of the copy of the Iveron Icon to the monastery in Valdai), October 13/26 (the day of the solemn meeting of the Athos shrine in Moscow in 1648) and on Tuesday Bright Week (it was on Tuesday of Bright Week, according to legend, that the icon appeared on the waters in front of the monks of the Iveron Monastery).

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Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon, called “Iverskaya”

Before the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos they pray for deliverance from various misfortunes and for consolation in troubles, from fire, for increasing the fertility of the earth, for deliverance from grief and sadness, for the healing of physical and mental ailments, in difficult circumstances, for help to farmers.

First prayer

O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord, Queen of Heaven and Earth! Hear the much-painful sighing of our souls, look down from Thy holy height upon us, who with faith and love worship Thy most pure image. Behold, immersed in sins and overwhelmed by sorrows, looking at Your image, as if You were alive and living with us, we offer our humble prayers. The imams have no other help, no other intercession, no consolation except You, O Mother, of all those who mourn and are burdened! Help us, the weak, satisfy our sorrow, guide us, the erring, on the right path, heal and save the hopeless, grant us the rest of our lives to spend in peace and silence, grant us a Christian death, and at the Last Judgment of Your Son, the merciful Intercessor will appear to us, and always We sing, magnify and glorify Thee, as the good Intercessor of the Christian race, with all those who have pleased God. Amen.

Second prayer

O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos, accept our unworthy prayer, and save us from the slander of evil people and from vain death, and grant us repentance before the end, have mercy on our prayer, and grant us a place of joy in sorrow. And deliver us, Lady, from all misfortune and adversity, sorrow and sorrow and from all evil. And make us, Thy sinful servants, worthy to be at the right hand at the second coming of Thy Son, Christ our God, and to be our heirs, to be made worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal life, with all the saints throughout the endless ages of ages. Amen.

Troparion, tone 1 From Your holy icon, O Lady Theotokos, healing and healing are given abundantly to those who come to her with faith and love. Thus, visit my weakness and have mercy on my soul, O Good One, and heal my body with Your grace, O Most Pure One. Kontakion, tone 8 Even though Your holy icon, Mother of God, was thrown into the sea from a widow who could not save her from her enemies, the guardian of Athos and the goalkeeper of the Iveron monastery appeared, terrifying enemies and in the Orthodox Russian country who honors You from all troubles and misfortunes delivering. Greatness We magnify Thee, Most Holy Virgin, and honor Thy holy image, through which we heal our illnesses and raise our souls to God.

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Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of her Icon, called “Iveronian” Kontakion 1 To the chosen Governor, our Lady Theotokos, we offer songs of praise to Thy servants, for by the coming of Thy honorable image we have acquired a strong shield, an insurmountable wall and a vigilant guard. You, who have an invincible power, cover and protect us, Lady, from all enemies, visible and invisible, and deliver us from all harm, mental and physical, so we call You: Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Ikos 1 A representative angel was sent to quickly say to the Mother of God, when the lot of apostolic service fell to Her in the lands of Iverstei: “Do not be separated from Jerusalem, the lot that fell to You will be enlightened in the last days, and You will work in the lands where God wills You.” In the same way, rejoice, because the Gospel is preached; Rejoice, Her idolatrous charm will be abolished. Rejoice, for the power of the prince of darkness will be destroyed; Rejoice, for the Kingdom of Christ will be established. Rejoice, you who have fallen into the darkness of idolatry to the light of the Gospel; Rejoice, having brought the children of God from slavery to the devil into freedom of glory. Rejoice, ready Servant of Your Son and God; Rejoice, you who heal the disobedience of Eve through obedience. Rejoice, height of virtues; Rejoice, depth of humility. Rejoice, even unfaithfulness knows the Creator; Rejoice, Her faithful ones are adopted as sons of the Father. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 2 Seeing the Holy Virgin God’s wondrous and new providence for Herself, as the handmaid of the Lord, ever ready to do His will, cry out: Alleluia. Ikos 2 The incomprehensible mind of the angelic verb is understandable to You, Most Pure One, the Lord, creating, directed Your procession to Mount Athos, where You preached the Gospel, and thus Your lot appeared. We joyfully cry out: Rejoice, you who sanctified Athos with Your coming; Rejoice, you who have cast down the idols. Rejoice, you who planted the true faith there; Rejoice, you who have driven away unbelief. Rejoice, you who have chosen this Mountain as your lot; Rejoice, you who promised grace to this place. Rejoice, faithful ones who live in her, Giver of earthly blessings; Rejoice, Helper of their eternal salvation. Rejoice, warm Intercessor for those living in Your lot; Rejoice, all their enemies are intimidated. Rejoice, you who promised the mercy of your Son to this place until the end of the age; Rejoice, foretold His grace to be everlasting. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 3 The Power of the Most High by the intercession of the Mother of God of autumn, the Holy Mountain and its abundance and wilds, like a vast village, showing everyone in the monastic life who wants to reap salvation, never singing to the face: Alleluia. Ikos 3 Having a providence for Your lot, the people of the Iveron land, You set in the place where You Yourself landed on Athos, the abode of their family, in a quiet refuge for those seeking salvation, who wanted to give her Your icon as a shield and fence, and everyone cried out: Rejoice, who sent a preacher of the Gospel to the land of Iveron; Rejoice, you who have turned this country from the deceit of idolatry to the light of Christ. Rejoice, thou who hast given the wondrous vine to Nina of unfading branches; Rejoice, from her you brought forth a cluster of miracles and good faith. Rejoice, you who planted a spiritual garden on Athos; Rejoice, you who poured out a stream of spiritual enlightenment from him to the land of Iverstia. Rejoice, Euphemia, golden-speaking lips; Rejoice, invincible fortress Tornikia. Rejoice, strengthening of all the pious; Rejoice, guardian of the monks. Rejoice, quiet haven for those seeking salvation; Rejoice, you who prepare eternal rest for them. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 4 Having a storm inside with doubtful thoughts, the honest widow, even in Nicaea, was dismayed, seeing with the spear of an iconoclast warrior pierce the holy and revered icon of the Mother of God and shed blood and, overcome by fear, so that the holy icon would not be desecrated, with a prayer, throwing tears into sea. Having seen the way right at the top of the water and flowing towards the West, cry out with joy: Alleluia. Ikos 4 Seeing the monks of the Holy Mountain appearing in the sea like a flame, like a pillar of fire, its top reaching to Heaven, like a shining sun, and in the night they flowed to the edge of the sea and, seeing the holy icon of the Mother of God carried across the sea by power from above, they cried out to the Most Blessed One: Rejoice, Kupino, foreseen by the Lawmaker; Rejoice, pillar of fire, guide those who are in darkness. Rejoice, ladder reaching to Heaven, with which God descended; Rejoice, bridge, lead those who are from earth to Heaven. Rejoice, dawn of the mysterious day; Rejoice, Star that reveals the Sun. Rejoice, you who gave birth to the Ineffable Light; Rejoice, for you who taught only one thing. Rejoice, clothed in the sun, shining with grace and glory throughout the entire universe; Rejoice, lightning, enlightening souls and illuminating the meanings of the faithful. Rejoice, lightness, shining in the darkness; Rejoice, thou shalt shine forth enlightenment. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 5 If you wanted to give your God-bearing icon to the Iverste monastery, you said to the Mother of God to St. Gabriel: “Go with the face of the monks to the shore of the sea, go down into the abyss and receive My icon.” He, who is embraced by faith and love, walks on water as well as on dry land, and is accepted into his arms and reaches a treasure otherwise unattainable, the property of the monks of his Iberian family, rejoicing from the waist up: Alleluia. Ikos 5 Many times the monks saw the icon of the Mother of God from the temple at the top of the monastery gates to the city wall carried by an invisible force, and stood in horror, calling to her like this: Rejoice, you who deigned to give us the holy icon; Rejoice, you who promised us her protection to be. Rejoice, you who have shown Your love for our monastery; Rejoice, you who showed good thoughts about her. Rejoice, our help is in a foreign country; Rejoice, there is consolation in our journey. Rejoice, God's favor is upon us; Rejoice, our boldness towards God. Rejoice, deliverance of our tears; Rejoice, Protector of us orphans. Rejoice, our fence; Rejoice, our only joy. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 6 The preacher of Gabriel, who did His will, you said to him, the Lady: I did not come to be kept from you, but may I be your guardian not only in the present, but also in the future. Behold, I give you a sign: until you see My icon in the monastery, the grace of My Son and mercy will not fail you, so that everyone may cry out to Him: Alleluia. Ikos 6 Great joy arose to those who heard Your promises, O Mother of God, and to You, the Heavenly Goalkeeper, a temple at the gates of the monastery with joy the foreigners erected and cried out like this: Rejoice, our Guardian in the present world; Rejoice, our Representative in the future. Rejoice, you who teach us the fear of God, Rejoice, who instruct us on the path of virtue. Rejoice, our boldness and hope; Rejoice, our hope and protection. Rejoice, you who bowed down the compassion of your Son to us; Rejoice, proclaiming His grace to be with us endlessly. Rejoice, you who gave the holy icon as a pledge of mercy; Rejoice, you who gave her the gift of miracles. Rejoice, you who reflect all evil from the monastery; Rejoice, you who open the entrance to all good things. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 7 I sometimes want the wicked Amir to destroy the Iveron monastery and scatter the herd of monks gathered there; soon I will recognize the strong monastery’s intercession from the Mother of God, seeing my ships in the depths of the sea, mired and warriors lost. And he came with humility; giving silver and evil to the monastery, asking for prayers. The foreigners, seeing this, cried out to God: Alleluia. Ikos 7 New and countless miracles showing Mother of God, in the monastery the shortage of wine, torment and oil, replenishing, healing demons, granting walking to the lame, sight to the blind and healing every ailment, yes, seeing these miracles, they sing to You: Rejoice, Chosen Voivode, enemies victorious; Rejoice, quick help to those who call upon Thee. Rejoice, you who do not despise our prayers; Rejoice, you who do not retreat from Your promises. Rejoice, you who transform the sorrow of the monastery into joy; Rejoice, replenishing the depletion of the monastery. Rejoice, recovery of sight for the blind; Rejoice, you who walk with the lame. Rejoice, Healer of all the weak; Rejoice, Comforter of all who mourn. Rejoice, for you do not cease providing and saving us; Rejoice, for you are delivering us from such troubles. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 8 The monastery of Iveron, strangely covered from the icon of the Mother of God, heard Patriarch Nikon, longing for the Russian country to receive Her grace; For this reason, having created a monastery in honor of the glorious image, carefully ask for an image of the miraculous image of the Mother of God, so that, protected by Her protection, they cry out to God: Alleluia. Ikos 8 All beings in the Highest, but also not retreating below, You have deigned, O Mother of God, just as the blessing of Mount Athos was granted to the Monk Anthony of old for the establishment of the Pechersk monastery, to grant Your grace to the new monastery in the Russian country, with which You blessed Athos, in the likeness of an honest image Yours; We also cry out to Ti: Rejoice, covering the Russian countries, broadening the clouds; Rejoice, the Orthodox faith is protected and affirmed in it. Rejoice, unshakable pillar of the Orthodox Church; Rejoice, denunciation of heresies and schisms. Rejoice, thou illuminating the whole country with the bright rays of miraculous icons; Rejoice, you who exude gifts of healing and mercies from them. Rejoice, intimidation of enemies; Rejoice, joy of the saints. Rejoice, praise of the priests; Rejoice, Teacher of monks. Rejoice, salvation of our entire family. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 9 Having every diligence in painting the honest image of the merciful Goalkeeper, the host of Iveron fasters performs prayer singing; He washes the deck with water from the wonderful icon, on which an honest image is depicted, and sanctifies the Venerable Jamblichus, who labored in fasting, prayer and vigil with all the brethren, writing off the wax, holy water and consecrated relics of the honest image of the Mother of God, taking out the prayer and crying out to God: Alleluia . Ikos 9 Vetia, who spoke many things, like voiceless fish, we see about You, Mother of God: they are perplexed as to how to properly praise all Your miracles, revealed to our race from Your holy icon: even on the way to the Russian country, this miracle worker, commanded the pious Manuel to give a ransom to the infidels , who forbade the procession of the holy icon into the Russian country, and gave it exclusively to him afterwards. We, marveling, truly cry out to Ti: Rejoice, inexhaustible source of miracles; Rejoice, Giver of all mercy. Rejoice, always warm Intercessor to God for us; Rejoice, His providences for us are a treasure. Rejoice, refuge for those in trouble; Rejoice, consolation to those who mourn. Rejoice, healing of the sick; Rejoice, strengthener of the weak. Rejoice, intercession of widows; Rejoice, merciful Mother of the orphans. Rejoice, conversion of those who are astray to the path of truth; Rejoice, calling sinners to repentance. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 10 Wanting to save many people from troubles and sorrows, you, O Mother of God, flow forth an endless source of mercy from Your icon to our family: behold, in the capital city of Moscow, the good Goalkeeper appears to all who worship You, giving quick help, and in the new monastery of Iversta, streams of grace flow from Thy icons are issued, and in other cities, abodes and places, those who honor Thy fulfill their useful request. Moreover, glorifying God, who gave us such grace, we cry out to Him: Alleluia. Ikos 10 You are a wall to the monastic rank, the Mother of God, and to all who come running to You; for the Creator of Heaven and earth, dwell in Your virgin womb, teach all zealots of purity and chastity to proclaim to You: Rejoice, tattered vessel of virginity; Rejoice, purest image of chastity. Rejoice, devil of seedless disgrace; Rejoice, Unbrided Bride. Rejoice, you who gave birth to the Sower of Purity; Rejoice, you who united the faithful of the Lord. Rejoice, quick Helper in the storm of temptation; Rejoice, you who reflect the enemy’s accusations. Rejoice, you who drive away the darkness of harmful passions; Rejoice, purifying thoughts. Rejoice, you who teach us to despise earthly pleasures; Rejoice, you who guide minds and hearts to the Heavenly One. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 11 All singing is conquered, striving to meet the multitude of Thy bounties: equal to the sand of the songs we bring to Thee, our Lady Theotokos, we do nothing worthily, even as Thou hast given to us, crying out for Thee: Alleluia. Ikos 11 We see the holy icon of the Mother of God, a light-receiving candle that appears to those in the darkness of troubles: for we receive the immaterial fire of grace, illuminating everyone with rays of miracles, teaching us to cry out to the Blessed One: Rejoice, speedy help in all needs; Rejoice, quick hearing in sorrows. Rejoice, thou who deliverest us from fire, sword and the invasion of foreigners; Rejoice, freeing us from hunger and vain death. Rejoice, you who protect us from the plague and all-destruction of mortals; Rejoice, sudden help to those in need along the way, on land and on the waters. Rejoice, healing of mental and physical ulcers; Rejoice, you who accept those left by doctors into Your hands. Rejoice, merciful Comforter of all those who mourn and are burdened; Rejoice, you who do not reject all the despised and rejected. Rejoice, you who snatch away the most desperate from the pit of destruction; Rejoice, and me, naked of good deeds, not leaving me with Your protection and intercession. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 12 The grace of granting the satisfaction of the debts of the ancients, of all debts, the Solver of man, who came with Himself to those who had departed from His grace and, tearing apart the handwriting, granted to us the strong intercession of God, and let us all cry out with Her prayers: Alleluia. Ikos 12 Singing Your miracles, which are revealed to us in this life, we praise You. Mother of God, as an inexhaustible source of mercy. But, falling to Thee before Thy miraculous icon, we humbly pray to Thee to provide us with protection and protection on the day of our death, and when the imams appear before the terrible Throne of Thy Son for judgment, and cry out to Thee: Rejoice, thou who sittest in glory before the Throne of Thy Son and there remembering us; Rejoice, forever reigning with Your Son and God and interceding for us. Rejoice, you who give the end of life without shame to those who trust in You; Rejoice, you who arrange a painless and peaceful death. Rejoice, deliverance from bitter ordeals; Rejoice, liberation from the power of the prince of the air. Rejoice, there is no remembrance of our sins; Rejoice, for in the Lord we have the hope of a blessed life. Rejoice, you who make a standing place for those who trust in You at the right hand of Your Son; Rejoice, thou who art worthy to hear the blessed voice of Onago, who promises the inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom. Rejoice, good Mother, who makes all who honor Thee live with You; Rejoice, strong hope of eternal salvation for all Christians. Rejoice, good Goalkeeper, who opens the doors of heaven to the faithful. Kontakion 13 O All-Sung Mother, Most Holy Lady Virgin Mary! Look upon us, who humbly offer these small prayers with tears before Your most pure image and have placed all our hope and hope in You, and deliver us from all troubles and misfortunes in this life and from future torments, so that, saved by You, we cry out: Alleluia. (This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 kontakion 1)

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What do they pray for in front of the Iveron Icon?

Prayer to the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God helps believers in various needs. Texts of prayer requests can be found in any prayer book.

Refer to this image when:

serious illnesses, including cancer;
the threat of war;
family discord;
fear that an unkind person, a thief, will enter the house;
fire hazards;
internal despair, confusion, disappointment;
seeking to find peace of mind.

Many miracles are associated with the image and its lists. Often in temples you can see that the holy image is hung with gold and silver jewelry. These are signs of gratitude from those believers who were helped by prayer in front of the Iveron Icon.

Iveron Icon photo

The Mother of God of Iveron is usually depicted on icons in a red robe, with a baby, Jesus Christ, sitting on her left hand. The right hand of the Virgin Mary is raised and seems to point to the baby. Jesus’ right hand shows a sign, the thumb touches his ring finger, and the index and middle fingers are raised up.

On the shoulders of the Mother of God depicted in this icon, beautiful stars can be seen. There is also a star on the forehead of the Mother of God. On the head of the Mother of the Lord there is a crown covered with stones. The look of the Mother of God is sad and deep, the gaze of the baby on most icons is directed at the Mother of God.

In the original, the Mother of God is depicted with a bloody wound on her face. This is also a distinctive feature of this shrine. It makes it easy to recognize this icon. Below we will provide photographs of the icon of Our Lady of Iveron to make it easier for you to understand what it is.

Texts of prayers before the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God

Troparion, tone 1

From Thy holy icon, / O Lady Theotokos, / healing and healing are given abundantly, / with faith and love, to those who come to her. / So visit my weakness, / and have mercy on my soul, O Good. I, // and heal the body with Your grace, Most Pure One .
Translation: From Your holy icon, O Lady Theotokos, healing and medicine are given in abundance to everyone who comes to her with faith and love. Also, visit my illness and have mercy on my soul, O Good One, and heal my body with Your grace, O Most Pure One.

Troparion, tone 1

The insolence of those who hate the image of the Lord,/ and the power of the wicked came ungodly to Nicaea,/ and sent the inhumanly widow,/ piously venerating the icon of the Mother of God, they tortured,/ but melted the night from her sleep let the icon into the sea, crying:/ glory to you, pure one,/ like the impassable The sea has given its waters, // glory to Your righteousness, One Imperishable.
Translation: The impudence of those who hate the image of the Lord, the power of the wicked (iconoclastic heresy) has ungodly arrived in Nicaea, and those sent inhumanly torture a widow who piously venerates the icon of the Mother of God, but the widow and her son at night released the icon into the sea crying: “Glory to Thee, Pure, since the sea is impassable has offered Thee (like) its shoulders (its waves), glory to Thy straight path, the Only Imperishable.”

Kontakion, tone 8

And yet Thy holy icon, O Mother of God, was cast into the sea, / from a widow who could not save her from her enemies, / but there appeared the Guardian of Athos / and the Goalkeeper of the monastery of Iveron, fearful enemies who/ also in the Orthodox Russian country// honors Thee from all troubles and deliverer from misfortunes.
Translation: Although Your holy icon, Mother of God, was immersed in the sea by a widow who could not save the icon from enemies, she was found and became the Guardian of Athos and the Goalkeeper of the Iveron monastery, frightening enemies, and in the Orthodox Russian country, those who revere You, from everyone deliverer of troubles and misfortunes.

Kontakion, tone 4

The co-emergence today of the Light of the Resurrection is the light of Thy pure icon, / we both joyfully cry out triumphantly: preserve Thy servants with grace, O Lady.
Translation: Today, together with the Light of the Resurrection, the light of Your venerated icon has shone, celebrating both lights with joy, we cry: “Preserve Your servants with grace, Lady.”

First prayer

O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord, Queen of Heaven and earth! Hear the much-painful sighing of our souls, look down from Thy holy height upon us, who with faith and love worship Thy most pure image. Behold, immersed in sin and overwhelmed by sorrow, looking at Your image, as if You are living with us, we offer our humble prayer. The imams have no other help, no other intercession, no consolation, except for You, O Mother, of all those who mourn and are burdened! Help us, the weak, assuage our sorrow, guide us, the erring, on the right path, heal and save the hopeless, grant us the rest of our lives in peace and silence, give us Christ death and at the Last Judgment of Your Son, the merciful Intercessor appeared to us, and always We sing, magnify and glorify Thee, as the good Intercessor of the Christian race, with all those who have pleased God. Amen.

Second prayer

O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos, accept our unworthy prayer, and save us from the slander of evil people and from vain death, and grant us repentance before the end, have compassion on our prayer, and Give joy in sorrow a place. And deliver us, Lady, from all misfortune and adversity, sorrow and sorrow and from all evil. And grant us, Your sinful servants, to be at the right hand at the second coming of Your Son, Christ our God, and our heirs to be granted the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal life with all saints for ever and ever. Amen.

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Prayer

Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord, Queen of Heaven and earth! Listen to the much-painful sighing of our souls, look down from Thy holy height upon us, who worship Thy most pure image with faith and love. Behold, immersed in sins and overwhelmed by sorrows, looking at Your image, as if You were alive and living with us, we offer our humble prayers. The imams have no other help, no other intercession, no consolation except You, O Mother of all who mourn and are burdened! Help us the weak, satisfy our sorrow, guide us, the erring, on the right path, heal and save the hopeless, grant us the rest of our lives to spend in peace and silence, grant us a Christian death and at the Last Judgment of Your Son, a merciful intercessor will appear to us, may we always sing , we magnify and glorify Thee, as the good intercessor of the Christian race, with all those who have pleased God. Amen.

History of the Iveron Icon

The Orthodox world first learned about the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in the 11th century. It was a terrible time of iconoclasm, when holy icons were trampled on, burned at the stake, and their admirers were cruelly persecuted. At that time, not far from the city of Nicaea, there lived a pious widow with her son, who kept an icon of the Mother of God in her house. The iconoclasts became aware of this, and soon soldiers came to the woman. She begged them not to touch the icon, promising to give a large sum of money the next morning. The warriors agreed and left. But one of them angrily hit the face of the Mother of God with a spear and real blood flowed from the wound.

The widow and her son went to the sea and floated the icon of the Mother of God across the waves to save her from desecration. To their great surprise, the icon floated on the waves standing.

The son, by order of his mother, went to Mount Athos, where he took monastic vows. The widow herself suffered martyrdom the next morning at the hands of the iconoclasts.

Two centuries later, the inhabitants of the Iveron monastery, located on the Holy Mountain, noticed a pillar of light above the sea. Arriving at this place, they noticed the image of the Mother of God standing on the waves. At this time, the Most Holy Theotokos appeared to the Venerable Elder Gabriel of the Svyatogorets in a dream and commanded him to walk on the waves and take an icon from the sea. The next morning the elder reported the vision to the abbot of the monastery. All the brethren gathered on the seashore to serve a prayer service to the Mother of God. After its completion, the monk Gabriel took the revealed icon and placed it in the monastery church.

Arriving at the church in the morning for Divine services, the brethren did not find the icon in the same place, but were surprised to find it on the monastery gate. They took the holy image and re-installed it in the temple. But the next morning the icon again appeared above the gates of the monastery. And Elder Gabriel saw the Mother of God in a dream, who told him that she wanted Her image to be there, guarding the monastery. Then the monks left the icon at the place indicated by the Mother of God Herself.

Subsequently, a chapel was built at the gate, where the miraculous icon was placed.

The icon revealed at sea received the name “Iveron” after the name of the monastery in which it resides. The second name of the image, “Goalkeeper,” comes from the fact that the Mother of God indicated the gates of the monastery as the location of Her image. But this name also has a deeper meaning: the Mother of God opens for us the gates to the Kingdom of Heaven.

In Russia, a list of the Iveron Icon appeared during the reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. At the request of Archimandrite Nikon, the future Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', the icon was painted by a monk of the Athos Iveron Monastery on the Holy Mountain.

Since 1982, the Montreal Iveron Icon of the Mother of God has been known, the custodian of which was the Orthodox Spaniard Joseph Muñoz.

Iconography

The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God belongs to the “Hodegetria” iconographic type. The Divine Infant Christ sits in the arms of the Most Pure Virgin. The right hand of the Mother of God points to the Son, as if showing people that this is their Savior. In his hands, Jesus Christ holds a scroll, which symbolizes the Word of God brought by Him to people.

On the cheek of the Virgin Mary there is a mark from a blow from a spear, inflicted by an iconoclast warrior during the persecution of holy icons.

Icon of the Iveron Mother of God with beads, photo

The Iveron Mother of God icon can be found embroidered with beads on the Internet. This icon can be considered healing and miraculous only if it was consecrated in the church.

The situation is also the same with other icons, which are made in the form of embroidery, painted independently on canvas or carved from wood with your own hands. All of them must first be consecrated in the church, and then hung at home to read prayers before them.

Now you know what the icon of the Iveron Mother of God looks like, what power it has, and what miraculous stories are associated with it.