Our Lady of Kursk

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Our Lady of Kursk (Russian: , Bogoroditsa kurskaya korennaya, literally God-Bearer of Kursk native) is an icon of Theotokos, apparently written in the thirteenth century and discovered in a forest near Kursk ca. 1300. It has been preserved in the Black Hermitage of the Roots (Chornaya Korennaya Pustyn), an abbey founded on the spot of its discovery.

The icon actually incorporates as many as twelve figures on it: Theotokos, Infant Christ, God the Father above them (with the Holy Spirit as a dove) and nine Old Testament prophets. The image of Theotokos belongs to the Panagia type. It is believed to be working miracles.

The icon has been annually brought from the abbey to Kursk in a great procession involving thousands of peasants and pilgrims. The ceremony is depicted on the famous painting by Ilya Repin.

 

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