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The Virgin of the Sign - by Olga Kirichenko


 

I was struck by the beauty of the icon of the Virgin of the Sign (or Mother of God of the Sign) by Olga Kirichenko. I love seeing the Virgin Mother with the face of the young woman she was when she gave birth. What perhaps impresses me most is that the Virgin's eyes (3rd click*) seem to express everything we know about her :
her Merciful Tenderness and Goodness, her Immaculate Purity and Holiness, and her Boundless Motherly Love.

*Click image to enlarge. Then click a second time, and a third time. Shown with permission. Courtesy / Copyright © Olga Kirichenko.

Click this link to read the history of The Virgin of the Sign, one of Russia's most venerated icons.




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