Product Description
The Theotokos of Vladimir (Владимирская икона Божией Матери). This Orthodox icon of the Eleusa type, which means Tenderness in Greek (Умиление in Russian.) The age-old relationship of Mother and Child is expressed with great emphasis in this icon. Christ, as a child, touches his Mother's face with one hand and while pressing His cheek against Hers. Her sorrowful gaze foresees the Passion as they lock in an eternal embrace.
Around 1131, the original icon traveled from Constantinople to Vychgorod, near Kiev. In 1155, Prince Andre Bogolyubsky took it to the city of Vladimir, from whence it took its name. In 1395, with Moscow in danger of being overrun by Tamerlane's Mongol hordes, the icon was brought to Moscow and installed at the Uspensky (Dormition of The Virgin) Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. After Tamerlane retreated, the icon was returned to Vladimir. In 1480 it was again placed in the Moscow Kremlin.
Graceful arched top. 4½"x6" Made in Russia. 1 only.
