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'''''Theotokos of Novi Kodaky''''' ({{lang-uk|Самарська ікона Пресвятої Богородиці}}) is a [[Orthodox Christianity|Christian Orthodox]] [[icon]] that has been venerated by the [[Zaporozhian Cossacks]] of the [[Dnieper Ukraine]] on [[April 24]]. |
'''''Theotokos of Novi Kodaky''''' or '''''Theotokos Samarska''''' ({{lang-uk|Самарська ікона Пресвятої Богородиці}}) is a [[Orthodox Christianity|Christian Orthodox]] [[icon]] that has been venerated by the [[Zaporozhian Cossacks]] of the [[Dnieper Ukraine]] on [[April 24]]. |
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The icon appeared in the village of Novi Kodaky, 7 [[verst]]s north-west of [[Dnipropetrovsk|Yekaterinoslav]], at some point in the [[18th century]].<ref>[http://www.pravoslavie.cz/ikony/Novokajdakskaja%20(Samarskaja).htm History of the Novokaidakskaya icon]</ref> 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>[http://orthodoxy.org.ua/uk/tserkovni_hroniki/2007/04/26/7469.html Orthodoxy in Ukraine, news]</ref> Nowadays it is the centerpiece of the Trinity Cathedral in [[Dnipropetrovsk]]. |
The icon appeared in the village of Novi Kodaky, 7 [[verst]]s north-west of [[Dnipropetrovsk|Yekaterinoslav]], at some point in the [[18th century]].<ref>[http://www.pravoslavie.cz/ikony/Novokajdakskaja%20(Samarskaja).htm History of the Novokaidakskaya icon]</ref> 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>[http://orthodoxy.org.ua/uk/tserkovni_hroniki/2007/04/26/7469.html Orthodoxy in Ukraine, news]</ref> Nowadays it is the centerpiece of the Trinity Cathedral in [[Dnipropetrovsk]]. |
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Revision as of 06:05, 13 July 2008
Theotokos of Novi Kodaky or Theotokos Samarska (Template:Lang-uk) 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 north-west of Yekaterinoslav, at some point in the 18th century.[1] 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.[2] Nowadays it is the centerpiece of the Trinity Cathedral in Dnipropetrovsk.
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