Description
Sterling Silver 925 Holy icon: Seven Arrows Mother of God in Brown Wooden Frame Plaque. The Mother of God is depicted in an unusual pose, alone, without the Preeternal Divine Infant. She is pierced by seven arrows: four on her left side, and three on her right. The following is an account of the earliest glorification of this icon: A certain peasant of the Kandikovsky District who as the result of disease had for many years suffered with generalized weakness and a limp, had a dream in which he learned that he would be healed if he visited the St. JohnBogolyubsk church and found the icon of the Mother of God in the belltower. Twice he went there, related his dream, and asked permission to enter the belltower. However, they did not believe him, and his request was denied. Finally, the third time, they took pity on him and allowed him into the belltower. He immediately found the Holy icon which he had seen in his dream. It was being used as a floorboard on a stairway landing. They washed the icon of the dirt and bird droppings covering it. The sick peasant requested that a moleben be served before it, and, thereafter, was healed.
