This is a rendering hand painted on porcelain plaque and mounted into an engraved bronze panel, porcelain cartouches depicting cherubs are at each corner; attached small lampada on bottom. Porcelain plaque measures approx. 6-1/2" x 5". Overall the icon measures approx. 8-1/2" x 7". The original "Reigning" Icon of the Mother of God revealed itself to the Russian Orthodox people on 2/15 March 1917, in the village of Kolomna, near Moscow. The appearance of the Reigning Icon in 1917 was the discovery of the old icon in the basement of the Church of the Ascension in the village of Kolomna. Image of the Mother of God, seated upon a throne with Infant-Christ, His hand extended in blessing, on her knees. Our Lady held a scepter in one hand, an orb in the other, and upon her head was a crown. The shoulders of the Mother of God were draped with a red mantilla or royal purple robe.
It has been established that until 1812 the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God belonged to the women's monastery of the Ascension in Moscow, and that in the year of Napoleon's attack upon Moscow, it was hidden in the village of Kolomna, and apparently was forgotten there over the course of 105 years, until it revealed itself at the moment appointed by Our Lord God. The day of its appearance coincided with the day of abdication of the last tsar. The regal image, with scepter and orb, underscored, as it were, the fact that Our Lady had taken it upon herself to care for and nourish the faithful children of the Russian Church. Significant as well was the mantle of the Theotokos, crimson, as if reflecting the color of blood...
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