Our Lady of Kazan Russian Orthodox Triptych

This is the Orthodox Triptych Our Lady of Kazan or Mother-of-God of Kazan. 

The icon-triptych has a large central part and two narrow wings, panels are hinged together. This triptych features Holy Mother, St.Poll and St.Petter. Consecrated. The image of the icon is made using a high-quality polygraphic machine, pasted on a wooden base.

Middle panel: 2 1/4” x 3 1/2”

Side panel: 1” x 3 1/2"

Our Lady of Kazan, also called Mother-of-God of Kazan was a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan, and palladium of all of Russia, known as the Holy Protectress of Russia.

According to legend, the icon was originally acquired from Constantinople, lost in 1438, and miraculously recovered in the pristine state over 140 years later in 1579. Two major cathedrals, the Kazan Cathedral, Moscow, and the Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, and they display copies of the icon, as do numerous churches throughout the land. The original icon in Kazan was stolen, and likely destroyed, in 1904.

People pray on this icon for recovery of sight and when they have eye illnesses. Also, it helps against the enemy’s invasions, violence from infidels, and people pray before it for deliverance from the civil wars. It is this icon, that the bride and bridegroom are blessed for the wedding; this icon is in children’s rooms. To the Holy Mother people turn their prayers when they have trouble, disease, and misfortune:: “When sorrow and pain visit us, when patience and love fail us, we hasten to Thine Image and pouring forth our tears before Thee, we cry out from the depths of our hearts: Stretch out Thy God-bearing hands, speak unto us words of wisdom, lead us up out of evil” (Akathist to Our Most Holy Lady, K. 4)