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Enid services are held at the small chapel at St. Matthew’s Episcopal located at 518 W. Randolph Ave. Enter the building through the north entrance; the chapel is immediately to your left. map link here: https://goo.gl/maps/pFkcTumTgqfFKc9g6
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Jun 24 @ 9:40 am – 10:00 am
Enid services are held at the small chapel at St. Matthew’s Episcopal located at 518 W. Randolph Ave. Enter the building through the north entrance; the chapel is immediately to your left. map link here: https://goo.gl/maps/pFkcTumTgqfFKc9g6
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Jun 24 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Enid services are held at the small chapel at St. Matthew’s Episcopal located at 518 W. Randolph Ave. Enter the building through the north entrance; the chapel is immediately to your left. map link here: https://goo.gl/maps/pFkcTumTgqfFKc9g6
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all-day Liturgy in Enid
Liturgy in Enid
Jul 29 all-day
Enid services are held at the small chapel at St. Matthew’s Episcopal located at 518 W. Randolph Ave. Enter the building through the north entrance; the chapel is immediately to your left. map link here: https://goo.gl/maps/pFkcTumTgqfFKc9g6
9:40 am 3rd & 6th Hours / Confessions
3rd & 6th Hours / Confessions
Jul 29 @ 9:40 am – 10:00 am
Enid services are held at the small chapel at St. Matthew’s Episcopal located at 518 W. Randolph Ave. Enter the building through the north entrance; the chapel is immediately to your left. map link here: https://goo.gl/maps/pFkcTumTgqfFKc9g6
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Renowned Kursk Root Icon to visit St. Francisville Church

May 16, 2016 By stninoorthodox

kurskicon1In Russian Orthodox iconography, it doesn’t get much bigger than the Kursk Root Icon. Among Russian Orthodox congregations, they don’t get much smaller than St. John the Theologian Orthodox Mission in St. Francisville.

 But the 13th-century icon will be at the church for a 7 p.m. service on Tuesday.
 
“This is one of the main icons of the Russian Orthodox Church,” said the Rev. Matthew Harrington, the church’s pastor. “When the Kursk Root Icon visits St. Francisville, there might be 70 people. When it visits Kursk, there’s 200,000.

There’s a huge response when she goes back to Russia. She’s one of the most traveled icons around.”

According to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, of which St. John the Theologian is a part, a hunter discovered the wooden icon lying face-down on a tree root near Kursk, Russia, on Sept. 8, 1295. When the hunter picked it up, a spring of pure water came up from where the icon had been.

 Numerous miracles have been attributed to the icon, which depicts the Theotokos — the Virgin Mary — and Jesus in front of her. Along the sides and bottom of the icon are depicted Kings David and Solomon, Moses, Gideon and the prophets Daniel, Jeremiah, Elijah, Habakkuk and Isaiah. Above the Theotokos is God the Father and a dove representing the Holy Spirit.

The icon appears to be painted in egg tempura paint, which is traditional for Orthodox icons, Harrington said. It is now protected by a metal covering that allows all of the symbols to be viewed. The icon has been housed outside of Russia since 1920, though it has been brought back to Russia since communist rule ended in that country in 1991.

The icon has toured the Russian Orthodox world many times, Harrington said.

 “The bishops try to get her to all the parishes for the faithful,” he said.

The Kursk Root Icon will be part of an hourlong service that will focus on prayers, Harrington said.

Orthodox Christians from other South Louisiana congregations are planning to attend. The church is located at 4603 Old U.S. 61 in the Starhill community south of St. Francisville.

Source:  The Advocate

GEORGE MORRIS| GMORRIS@THEADVOCATE.COM

Orthodox Church Stillwater OK

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