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[[Image:Kozak Samarska icon.jpg|thumb|right|Theotokos Samarska]] |
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Thetokos Samarska firstly appeared as honoured icon in 1763 in the Church of [[Saint Nicholas]] in Novi Kodaky (present [[Dnipropetrovsk]]).<ref>[http://orthodoxy.org.ua/uk/tserkovni_hroniki/2007/04/26/7469.html Orthodoxy in Ukraine, news]</ref> |
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The icon appeared in the village of Novi Kodaky, 7 [[verst]]s northwest of [[Dnipro|Yekaterinoslav]] (now Dnipro), at some point in the 18th century. Its origin is believed to lie in the Orient. By the mid-1760s, the icon, then kept in the local church of St. Nicholas, attracted crowds of pilgrims, including high-placed officers and generals.<ref>''Tserkovni hroniki, Orthodoxy in Ukraine, April 2007, in Ukrainian.''</ref> Nowadays it is the centerpiece of the Trinity Cathedral in [[Dnipro]]. |
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April 24 is the official veneration day of the icon. |
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[[Category:Eastern Orthodox icons of the Virgin Mary|Samarska]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:35, 31 October 2024
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Theotokos of Novi Kodaky or Theotokos Samarska (Ukrainian: Самарська ікона Пресвятої Богородиці) is a Christian Orthodox icon that has been venerated by the Zaporozhian Cossacks of the Dnieper Ukraine on April 24.
The icon appeared in the village of Novi Kodaky, 7 versts northwest of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro), at some point in the 18th century. Its origin is believed to lie in the Orient. By the mid-1760s, the icon, then kept in the local church of St. Nicholas, attracted crowds of pilgrims, including high-placed officers and generals.[1] Nowadays it is the centerpiece of the Trinity Cathedral in Dnipro.
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[edit]- ^ Tserkovni hroniki, Orthodoxy in Ukraine, April 2007, in Ukrainian.
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