Celebration in honor of the Ephesian (Korsun) icon of the Mother of God (22/10)

In the city of Ephesus (lat. Ephesus was kept an icon of the Mother of God painted by the holy evangelist Luke.

In 988, on October 9 (old style), a list from this icon was brought from Korsun to Kyiv by the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and was called the Korsun Icon.

Later, this icon was moved to Novgorod, and from Novgorod — to Moscow, to the Kremlin Assumption Cathedral. Another similar image of the Mother of God was brought from Greece to Russia in 1162 by St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk.

Saint Euphrosyne founded the Spasskaya monastery in Polotsk. When she learned that there were icons in Greece painted by the evangelist Luke, she sent rich gifts to the Greek Emperor and Patriarch Luke Chrysovergus with a request to send her this icon. The holy image was sent from Ephesus to Rus.

The icon was transported through Korsun, and at the request of the residents of this city, it stayed there for about a year, also receiving the name Korsunskaya.

In 1239, the daughter of Prince Bryachislav of Polotsk, Alexandra, marrying the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky, took this icon to the city of Toropets.

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