Terra of the Mother of God of Pskovo-Pechersky

The proximity of Mary and Jesus, guarded in Pechory

Russian name: Псково-Печерская икона Пресвятой Богородицы «Умиление» (Umilenia).
iconographic type: copy of the Mother of God of Vladímir.
Place: monastery of the Holy Sleeping of Pskovo-Pechersky, Pechory, Pskov region.
Author according to monastic tradition: hieromonje Arseni Jitrosh.
Celebrations indicated by the monastery: 3 June, 6 July, 8 September and 20 October according to the calendar, in addition to the seventh Sunday after Easter.

Ternura and Vladímir: well-defined identity

The monastery calls this image "Ternura" and also "of Vladímir, "because it is an exact copy of the famous icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir. It belongs to the guy where the Child approaches his face to from his mother. The gesture is not isolated sentimentalism: it contemplates the union true of the Son of God with our humanity and the maternal love of Mary is entirely toward Him.

The file must keep its full local name - Ternura de Pskovo- Pechersky - not to confuse it with many other images called Umilenia in Russia. The iconographic relationship with Vladímir should to be explained, not used to replace one advocation with another.

Arrival during the government of San Cornelio

The official source attributes the painting to the heromonje Arseni Jitrosh and places his arrival at the monastery during the government of the venerate martyr Cornelio. This was abbot between 1529 and 1570, so that the provenance is historically curtailed even if the page consulted does not give a year Exactly.

This chronological prudence is necessary: a date should not be invented concrete from secondary traditions. Before you will find a catalogue of the monastery or historical study that confirms data, technique and material trajectory.

The memory of the asedio de Pskov

The monastic tradition links the Ternura, along with the Sleep, to Pskov's defense against the army of Esteban Báthory in 1581. For order of the Tsar, the icons were sent to those who defended the city. The story states that the Ternura was placed in the upper part of the wall, by the gap, and that the projectiles directed against it They didn't.

The website should clearly attribute these claims to the The monastery's testimony. His pastoral reading will not be militarist: will show a community that seeks help in God, stands in the prayer and protects life in the midst of war. All current evocation should lead to a plea for peace, for the victims and for the conversion of hearts.

The memory of the end of the siege gave rise to celebrations and processions. Another commemoration, on 20 October, recalls the release attributed to divine protection during the invasion 1812 Napoleonic.

Three copies venerated and necessary precision

The specific page of the monastery states that in the chapel main of the cathedral of the sleep there three copies of the miraculous image. One of the venerated is located in a pillar next to the choir and is the one currently participating in certain processions.

Another architectural page speaks of two revered copies in the same space. The difference can respond to the way the image is counted and copies thereof, to a modification of the provision or to a unequal update of the pages. It won't be solved by conjecture. The file will keep an internal editorial note until the monastery confirm which three pieces exist, which is the historical image attributed to Arseni and which one goes in procession.

This caution prevents one of the most frequent errors on the map Marian: call a "original" to a processional copy just because it is the most visible in recent photographs.

Celebrations and processions live

The monastery lists five moments of celebration: May 21 23 June / 6 July; 26 August / 8 August September; the seventh Sunday after Easter; and 7 / 20 October. The image located in the pillar participates in the processions of the seventh Sunday after Easter, the fourth Sunday after Pentecost - memory of the saints of Pskovo- Pechersky - and of October 20.

Mobile dates should be calculated each year and never set on the web calendar as if they were permanent calendar days. One recent news of the monastery about the visit of the icon to Gdov confirms that tradition is not only historical, but a practice Live devotional.

An image to learn the closeness

The cheek of Mary next to that of Jesus allows us to meditate on the Incarnation: God does not save from afar, but enters into our fragility. Mary welcomes the Child and, at the same time, presents it to the world. Who contemplates the icon is invited to receive Christ and approach with mercy to those who suffer.

On a Catholic website in Spanish it is worth explaining that Umilenia can be translated as tenderness, compunction or spiritual innercation according to context. Here is the traditional title "Ternura" must be accompanied by the Russian name to preserve his identity Your own.

Contemplation with the Holy One Rosario

The image especially accompanies the joyful mysteries. In the Annunciation, Mary receives the Word; in the Visitation, she leads Christ; in the Birth, it contemplates and offers; in the Presentation, it accepts that love also through pain; and in the finding in the Temple Learn to look for it faithfully.

The Rosary can be offered for reconciliation, for mothers and children for those who suffer war and for the unity of the Christians, respecting the Orthodox tradition that the icon holds.

Prayer before the Pskovo-Pechersky Terror

Holy Mother of God, who close to Jesus and show it to us as O near Saviour, teach us to receive him with a humble heart. Accompanying families, protect children and comfort those who live in violence or exile. Let's get the hardness out of us. And take us always to your Son. Amen.

Ecclesial sources main

1. Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery, history, parties, copies and processions:
   https://ppmon.ru/putevoditel/svyatyni/pskovo-pecherskaya-chudotvornaya-ikona-presvyatoj-bogorodicy-umilenie/
2. Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery, the rock church of the Sleep:
   https://ppmon.ru/putevoditel/arhitektura/uspenskij-peschernyj-hram/
3. Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery, Abbot Cornelio:
   https://ppmon.ru/o-monastyre/igumeny/9-prepodobnomuchenik-kornilij/

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