: On May 11, 2016, St. Nino Equal-to-the-Apostles Orthodox Christian Church of Stillwater, OK is honored to host the 700 year old miracle working Kursk Root Icon in Stillwater at the Lee Company Event Room, 1002 South Lewis. This ancient Christian icon will arrive with security in Stillwater and will be available for public viewing
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Kursk Root Icon Continues Visitations Through Indiana USA
The 700 year old Orthodox Christian icon known as the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God, an icon that depicts the Virgin Mary with her Son, Jesus Christ, will be on display in Stillwater, Oklahoma on May 11, 2016. The event is being hosted by St Nino Orthodox Christian Church located in Stillwater,
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Kursk Root Icon Visits Serbian Orthodox Monastery, New Carlsile Indiana
The 700 year old Orthodox Christian icon known as the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God, an icon that depicts the Virgin Mary with her Son, Jesus Christ, will be on display in Stillwater, Oklahoma on May 11, 2016. The event is being hosted by St Nino Orthodox Christian Church located in Stillwater,
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The Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God is Brought to the Construction Site of All Saints Church
With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany, Vice President of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the miracle-working Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign” was brought to the construction site of a new stavropighial Church of All Saints in Strasbourg,
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Kursk Root Icon Visit Japan
On Thursday, November 7, 2013 , a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, headed by His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America brought the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign” to the land of St Nicholas of Japan, Equal-to-the-Apostles. Greeted at Narita Airport by Protopriest
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Bishop Innokenty Briefs the Media on the Coming Visit of the Miracle-Working Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God
On November 11, 2013, His Grace Bishop Innokenty of Ussuriisk, Vicar of the Vladivostok Diocese of Russia, met with journalists to discuss the forthcoming visit to the Primorsk Metropoliate of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign” The thirteenth-century icon will arrive on November 14 at
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Metropolitan German Visits Medical with the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign”
On October 1, 2014, His Eminence Metropolitan German of Kursk and Rylsk brought the miracle-working Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign,” which is visiting the region, to the Oblast Chidren’s Medical Clinic, an oncology clinic and a new oncology center, as well as a perinatal center. It has become customary for
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The Kursk Root Icon, A Long And Very Detailed History Can Be Found Here…
The Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God In the 13th century, during the dreadful period of the Tartar invasion of Russia, the devastated province of Kursk was emptied of people and its principal city, Kursk, became a wilderness. Now, the residents of the city of Rylsk, which had been preserved from invasion,
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Kursk Root Icon to visit St. Tikhon’s Monastery
The Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God will visit Saint Tikhon’s Monastery here Friday and Saturday, October 24-25, 2014. Accompanying the Icon will be His Grace, Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The Icon will arrive at the Monastery at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, after which
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The Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign” Visits Protection of the Holy Virgin Church in Cabramatta
On Sunday, March 1, 2015, the Sunday of Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign” was brought to Protection of the Holy Virgin Church in Cabramatta, NSW, Australia. The holy icon arrived during all-night vigil the evening before. It was eagerly awaited; the exact time of her arrival
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