Wedding icons on board 21 x 28

* Icon set sold without wedding candles.

According to Orthodox tradition, the icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir was written by St. Luke the Evangelist during the earthly life of the Mother of God. It was drawn up on a board from the table where Jesus Christ, Mother of God and St Joseph ate their meals. When Our Lady saw the icon she said: ‘From now on, everyone will praise me. May the grace of Him who was born of me and Mine reside with this icon’.

In the fifth century, the icon was moved from Jerusalem to Constantinople, and then in 1130 it found its way to Ruthenia. Placed in the female monastery of Vyshgorod, the icon of the Mother of God floated and stopped in the air two nights in a row. Seeing this, Prince Andrew wanted to transport the icon secretly. Near Vladimir, the horses carrying the prince and the icon stopped and refused to move on. A prayer was served in front of the icon, and in a dream the Mother of God ordered the icon not to be taken further, but to be left in Vladimir. One Orthodox church was built in this city, in which the icon was placed after its completion, and a second stone church was built at the stopping place. Since then, the image of the Mother of God has been called Vlodzimierska.

Many miracles began to happen at the icon and it was this image that accompanied many important events in the history of Rus and Russia.

* In 1164, the icon accompanied Prince Adrai Bogolubski in his expedition against the Volga Bulgarians. When, in thanksgiving for the victory, a molehil was served in front of the icon, the icon and the Holy Cross shone with incredible brilliance before the eyes of all the soldiers.

* In 1185, the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Vladimir burned down. However, the Mother of God saved her miraculous image from the elements.

The image of the Vladimir Mother of God is portrayed in a way in which one can read the full compassion, concern, sadness and at the same time the beauty and depth of the divine mysteries.