"The Unfading Flower"

3/16 April

In this Icon, the Most-holy Theotokos holds her Divine Son in her right arm, while in the left, she holds a white lily. The flower symbolizes the unfading bloom of virginity and incorruption of the Most-pure Virgin, whom the Holy Church thus addresses: “Thou art the Root of virginity and the Unfading Blossom of purity.” Copies of this Icon gained renown in Moscow, Voronezh and other places in the Russian Church.

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