Commemoration

Feast of the Tikhvin Icon

June 26 Old CalendarJuly 9 New Calendar

Life

This icon of the Most Holy Theotokos was first in Constantinople, but seventy years before the fall of Constantinople, in the year 1383, it suddenly appeared in the air near the city of Tikhvin in northern Russia. Where it descended to earth, a church and monastery were built. After the city of Tikhvin it was called the Tikhvin Icon. Countless miracles have occurred through this wonderworking icon; especially many who were sick received healing from it.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, June 26. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The full reading for June 26 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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