Georgian Icon of Our Lady. Traveling Shrine in Russia of the 17th century
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-5-57-70
Abstract
Many venerated icons of Virgin Mary in Russia used to be carried around a certain territory or taken to other places due to different religious, political and ideological goals. The article considers the phenomenon of a traveling Shrine – the miraculous image of Our Lady of Georgia that became famed in the 17th century. The author describes and analyzes the main specific features of its cult. The icon was brought out from a non-Christian country, Persia. Its veneration for a long time had no localization in the capital and major cities of Russia. The icon changed its place many times because of the different circumstances and the will of some historical persons interested in that. Special attention is paid to the particulars of its glorification in Moscow during the reign of the Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Patriarch when several well-known copies of the icon were and to the time of Peter the Great when its cult became widespread in a large part of the country. The author describes the reasons why the Georgian Icon of Our Lady turned into a traveling Shrine and analyses the traditions of its veneration.
About the Author
L. B. Sukina
The A.K. Aylamazyan Program Systems Institute of RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Liudmila B. Sukina, Dr. of Sci. (History), associate professor
bld. 4a, Petra Pervogo Str., Veskovo, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yaroslavl region, 152021
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Sukina L.B. Georgian Icon of Our Lady. Traveling Shrine in Russia of the 17th century. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2020;(5):57-70. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-5-57-70
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