Rejoice, O Virgin Bride

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This Russian icon is often titled "Rejoice, O Virgin Bride." The subject is rare within Orthodoxy in that it shows the Mother of God without the infant Christ. She is depicted at the moment of the Annunciation with arms prayerfully folded submitting to the Archangel Gabriel and speaking the words: "Let it be to me according to Thy word." The Slavonic inscription around her halo reads: "Rejoice, O Virgin Bride" which is the refrain of the Akathist Hymn to the Holy Virgin. This icon was held in great esteem by the great ascetic and Christian mystic Seraphim Sarovskii.

4½"x5¼"  Made in Russia. 1 only.

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