Icon of the Mother of God of St. Peter of Moscow

Russia (14th c.) 

 

The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Of St. Peter”  was so called because it was painted by St. Peter,  Metropolitan of Moscow while he was igumen of the Ratsk monastery near Volhynia. During a visit to St. Maximus at the Ratsk monastery, St. Peter gifted  him with this icon. Upon  the death of St. Maximus,  Gerontius took this icon to Patriarch Athanasius. The journey of Gerontius was delayed, however, by a terrible storm at sea. During this storm, Our Lady  appeared to him and told that the Patriarchate should  pass to the painter of the icon. When he came before  Patriarch Athanasius, he gave the icon to St. Peter and told him that the Virgin foretold his path. St. Peter took the icon to Vladimir and placed it in the cathedral.

 

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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill

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