Mother of God Virgin Mary the Theotokos "The Healer". Wooden orthodox icon

Wooden Icon of the Mother of God "Healer" (Healing)

In the fields are the saints: Antipas, Julitta, Cosmas and Damian.

The appearance of one of the oldest icons of the Mother of God "The Healer" occurred during the time of St. Nina, the enlightener of Georgia (IV century). The icon was located in the Tsilkan temple in the area of Kartalinia.

The icon depicts the Mother of God standing at the bedside of a sick cleric. The iconographic plot for the miraculous image was the legend of the miraculous healing described in the work of St. Demetrius of Rostov:

"I happened to read such a thing in Peter Damian's book. A certain cleric of the Nivirna Church was seriously ill with a mortal illness. And it was his custom every hour, when the clock struck, to praise the Most Holy Theotokos with an angelic greeting: "Rejoice, Gracious One!" — attaching a certain prayer to Her and doing it day and night. If he fell asleep once, then with the striking of the clock he woke up and performed the usual prayer. And so much did he honor our Lady as such a prince, how many hours had passed in the days and in the nights.

And when he was lying on the bed of illness and preparing for death, our Most Holy Lady Theotokos suddenly appears to him and, slightly opening Her girlish nipple and squeezing it, sprinkles milk on the mouth of the sick and becomes invisible. From this incident, the patient jumped up, quickly put on his clerical robes and ran to the church. Entering the choir, he stood in his place among the singing clerics, amazed and trembling at the sudden change in him and unexpected recovery — after all, no one expected to see him alive anymore. When they asked about the reason for his health, then he revealed to everyone, praising his Most Merciful Healer, how She sprinkled his mouth — traces of that milk still remained on his lips... Oh, glorious miracle!

After all, the Most Merciful Healer could heal Her slave in some other way, with a word or touch, but she revealed this strange way of healing: those lips were sprinkled with Virgin milk, that every hour the Virgin was praised, here on earth, giving them a bribe. So that everyone, seeing and hearing, would give thanks with one mouth and one heart to the Blessed Virgin Theotokos."

The icon contains a prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos in Slavic language.

The icon is made by printing on a wooden board. Paints are mineral, do not fade with time. The thickness of the board is 2 cm. The board is covered with primer by hand. The image is covered with wax. Each icon has a metal mount on the back side so that you can hang the icon on the wall.

You can buy the icon in three sizes:

• 13 х 11 centimeters (5,1 x 4,3 inches)
• 19 х 17 centimeters (7,5 x 6,7 inches)
• 26 х 23 centimeters (10,2 x 9,1 inches)

Our icons are made by Orthodox craftsmen. You can read more about the technology here.

We hope it will be a good gift for you and your loved ones.