Got it! It is the Icon with the Battle of Novgorod and Suzdal' (also called the Icon with the Miracle of the Virgin Orans). Unfortunately I do not have any original links, but I am sure you can find something just by googling the name :)
This is sadly part of a very common occurrence in Kosovo. Vandals enter churches, set them on fire, then they urinate and defecate in them. ...
"The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide."
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful and quite poetic...
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me the name of that icon? I would like to have a larger version for my desktop wallpaper.
I would as well. I'd email the blogger who posted it (a specialist in religious antiquities).
ReplyDeletehttp://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog?entry_id=1925741
I've never seen that icon, wow.
ReplyDeleteHoly Theotokos, pray to God for us.
Thank you, Josephus. I will do that.
ReplyDeleteThanks and if you are pointed to a larger print, please send us the link!
ReplyDeleteWill do. I am still waiting on the reply from the blogger.
ReplyDeleteGot it! It is the Icon with the Battle of Novgorod and Suzdal' (also called the Icon with the Miracle of the Virgin Orans). Unfortunately I do not have any original links, but I am sure you can find something just by googling the name :)
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