Our Lady of the Inexhaustible Chalice

Marian vocation of Serpujov (Russia)
Recognized by the Church

El icono del Cárez Accountable (Neupivayemaya Chasha) is associated in Russian tradition to the city of Serpy and, in particular, Vysotsky monastery. The advocation has become famous as an image to which we pray for the release of addictions, especially alcoholism. The sources consulted do not clearly specify the exact date of their origin, their author or the documented details of their history, so on these points not documented enough.

Main data

Origin and history

El icono del Cárez Accountable (Neupivayemaya Chasha) is associated in Russian tradition to the city of Serpy and, in particular, Vysotsky monastery. The advocation has become famous as an image to which we pray for the release of addictions, especially alcoholism. The sources consulted do not clearly specify the exact date of their origin, their author or the documented details of their history, so on these points not documented enough.

According to the tradition, the devotional fame of the icon grew from stories of conversions and spiritual help granted to those who asked for help before their dependencies. These stories belong to popular piety and are offered as traditionnot as critically verified facts; it would require specific local sources to be established rigorously. no constan en lo consultado.

The image and the sanctuary

This is a Orthodox icon in which, according to the iconography of this advocation, the Mother of God appears related to the image of a chalice, a sign of the inexhaustible gift of grace. Its main place of worship is the Monasterio, Vysotsky de Serpujoov. The sources consulted do not specify the material, technique or specific measures of the copy; no consta ese nivel de detalle.

Sponsorship and coronation

Invocation is invoked in a characteristic way alcohol and addictionbut no consta an official decree of canonical patronage verifiable in the sources consulted. For belonging to tradition orthodoxalso does not contain a canonical coronation according to the praxis of the Latin Catholic Church: no consta.

Party and devotion

The sources consulted do not safely require the date of the liturgical party of the icon, so it is indicated no consta a verifiable date. On the devotional plane, the icon of the Inexhaustible Chalice is one of the most invoked in Russia by families affected by alcoholism and other dependencies, who come to the Vysotsky monastery of Serpújov to ask for the intercession of the Mother of God.

Link to the Rosary

The icon of the Inexhaustible Chalice belongs to the Orthodox traditionwhere Marian devotion is expressed above all by the veneration of the icons, the akathists and the hymns of the Byzantine rite, rather than by the Latin Rosary. No consta a specific historical link with the Rosary. However, Marian contemplation unites both traditions: the faithful Catholic who suffers or accompanies those who suffer an addiction can unite the prayer of the Rosary to this invocation, trusting in Mary, Mother of mercy, the liberation of those who welcome it.