The history of the Jerusalem Mother of God is very ancient, and this image is one of the most important for believers. On it is represented the intravital face of the Virgin, and she, as is known, is the main assistant of all people on earth. The icon was painted by the holy Evangelist Luke for 15 years after the Ascension of the Lord. In the Christian faith, this image is the first of the remaining 70 images of the Virgin. Initially, the main purpose of the shrine was to protect the Jerusalem community. Believers and clergymen consider the Jerusalem icon as a miracle-working one, since it has already helped many people.
The meaning and prayer before the Jerusalem icon of the Mother of God
There is a day when it is customary to celebrate the day of memory of this image of the Theotokos - on October 25. On the Jerusalem icon there is a lumbar picture of the Mother of God with the Child on her right hand. Mother of God we look at Jesus, and with her head falls down mafia. There are several different types of writing this image, but two versions are the most popular. The first on the field of the image represents the apostles and martyrs, and on the second the Mother of God is depicted with the upcoming parents: the holy Ioakim and Anna. By the way, if the mirror image of the Jerusalem icon is Georgian.
The Jerusalem icon of the Mother of God visited different countries, performing numerous miracles. In 1812 the shrine disappeared and it is still not known where the original is. According to some sources, it was captured by the French.
What does the Jerusalem icon of the Mother of God help?
- They read prayers in front of this image in moments when a person loses faith, experiences something, or grieves.
- The image is considered healing, since in history there are many cases where sincere and prolonged prayers helped to cope with various diseases. Best it helps with eye diseases.
- The Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God is of great importance as a protective guard, helping to escape from natural disasters and, especially from fires and thieves. Read prayers before the image is necessary to protect your home and family from attacks.
- Praying before the icon is before you go on a long trip or business trip to protect yourself from problems on the road.
- You can contact the Theotokos to cope with family problems and establish relationships . Women pray before the icon for help in conceiving a child.
Prayer of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God
"O Most Holy and Blessed Mother of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Blessed Ever-Virgin Mary, the Patroness and the Intercessor is ours! We bow down and worship to You in the holy and miraculous Jerusalem Icon, and we humbly pray to You, to the voice of our prayers from the souls of the Tee, the vision of our sorrow and temptation, and as a truly loving Mother, is compassionate for us helpless, dull, many sins falling and blaming the Lord and our Creator. We prayed to him, O Lady, but do not destroy us with our iniquities, but for Your sake, He will show us His merciful mercy, ask us, All-wise, health, sincere and corporeal, repentance in perfect sins, prosperity in Christian virtues, blessed, peaceful and pious life, the earth is fertile, the air is good, the rains are good and the blessing is from above for all good things and our beginnings. Keep and keep in peace and prosperity, and hasten to carry the yoke Christ's good and easy in patience and humility, to save our souls, protecting us from the temptations of the devil and all evil. O, the Queen is all-pervading, the Mother of God is all-good! Proclaim your God's hands for supplication to your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and receive the somnolence to Him, along with thee on thy icon, thy righteous parents, Joachim and Anna, with whom they prayed, pardon us and deliver us from perdition eternal, and Sometimes, in the trouble before the great icon of Your praying Nile, you consoled and promised the good promise, so now, we, humble and sinful prayers, hear and show to us the great Thy bounties: the sick healer, the mourning sorrow, the distressed from the troubles of deliverance, travel and save all of us peaceably, living our earthly things with the end, the good Christian demise of getting, the Holy Mysteries at-part-time, and inherit the heavenly kingdom: in the light and joy of the saints we sing and we magnify Your mercy and Our Lord born of You Jesus Christ. To Him, with glory, honor, and worship, befitting the beginningless Father and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever. Amen".