Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga

Surrounded by a relic cedar grove, the domes of the Tolga Svyato-Vvedenskaya monastery shine over the Volga waters. She became the first Providence of God convent, opened on the territory of Russia after many decades of persecution and devastation. Since January 1988, here, a little higher than Yaroslavl and on the northern bank of the great Russian river opposite this city, the first sisters-nuns settled, whose deliberate service was caring for the elderly and lonely servants of the Church. Over time, Tolga were transferred and honest relics Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), a subtle religious thinker and psychologist, who in his writings brought the centuries-old ascetic experience of Orthodox asceticism closer to the understanding of modern man. In his earthly life, St. Ignatius was not particularly connected with Tolga: he died and was buried in another Upper Volga monastery, the Nikolo-Babaevsky Monastery, which stood halfway from Yaroslavl to Kostroma.

The original shrine of Tolga for almost seven centuries was the miraculous myrrh-streaming icon of the Tolga Mother of God, taken to the Yaroslavl Art Museum in the mid-1920s. Once upon a time religious processions with the Tolga icon, they were performed from here to Yaroslavl, and to Rostov Veliky with its neighbor Borisogleb, and to Rybinsk, and to the northern districts bordering Vologda.

In 1314, when Yaroslavl was ruled by Prince David Fedorovich, the local bishop Prokhor (in the schema Tryphon) was returning from the monastery of St. Cyril of Belozersky to his cathedral city. The path, which ran first along the Sheksna, then along the Volga, was long and difficult, and, having not reached Yaroslavl only seven miles, Vladyka and his companions were forced to stop for the night on the right elevated bank. The weary travelers had long since slept, when suddenly bright light. Vladyka went outside and saw a marvelous pillar of fire rising on the opposite bank, at the mouth of the Tolga River, where a dense forest stood in those days. The reflection of the pillar in the Volga water formed a light path like a moonlight. Falling on his knees before this mysterious sign, the archpastor crossed himself and, leaning on his hierarchal rod, stepped on the unearthly light, lowered water and walked on it as if on dry land. Having crossed to the other side, Vladyka saw that on the top of the fiery pillar hovered the image of the Most Pure One with the Eternal Child.

With tears of tenderness, the bishop began to pray: “Mistress, You look after Your children and do not forget Your heritage! What shall we repay, what gifts shall we bring to Thee?” Exhausted, he returned by the same marvelous fiery bridge to his tent and fell asleep until morning. When it was time to set off, Vladyka realized that he had forgotten his hierarch's staff on the opposite bank. And then, having told his unsuspecting companions about the night vigil, he crossed with them into the forest beyond the river and saw an icon already standing on the ground with a staff lying in front of it. Convinced that everything that happened at midnight was not a sleepy vision, the archpastor fell before the revealed image, and then took an ax in his hands and began to cut down the forest. And until Vladyka and his servants built a wooden temple on the site of the appearance of the Most Pure One, they did not return to the city. Having heard about the miracle, the Yaroslavl crowds rushed to Tolga to join the builders, so that by noon the church was ready, and by evening it was consecrated in the name of the Introduction.

More than half a century has passed. Around the church, a monastery had already been formed for a long time, where pious monks and pilgrims who had heard about the miracles from the icon flocked to. On September 16, 1392, Abbot Herman proclaimed at Matins the usual words from the liturgical rite: “We will exalt the Theotokos and Mother of Light in song,” and suddenly, at that very moment, myrrh began to flow from the right hand of the Most Pure One, whose fragrance spread throughout the cathedral. When the astonished monks began to serve a prayer service on the occasion of a new miracle, then while singing the words “Mistress, accept the prayers of Thy servant,” myrrh appeared on the left leg of the Infant. The pilgrims collected it and carried it around the surrounding cities and villages, and everywhere the Tolga myrrh brought healing to the sick and mournful.

However, soon wooden buildings the cloisters perished in the flames of the fire, and the cathedral church could not resist the fire. The icon was then considered dead, and what was the surprise of the monks when they saw the unharmed miraculous, standing in the branches of one of the monastery cedars.

Soon the monastery was restored. In 1553, Tsar Ivan Vasilievich the Terrible visited Tolga on his way and received an unexpected cure from the pain in his legs that tormented him. As a sign of gratitude, the sovereign built a stone cathedral in the monastery.

The Tolga icon became famous for many miracles in subsequent times; many sovereigns donated for the improvement of the monastery after Grozny: Mikhail Fedorovich, Feodor Alekseevich, John Alekseevich, Peter I, Anna Ioannovna, Pavel Petrovich. Making her trip along the Volga, Catherine II, having defended a prayer service at the miraculous, walked in a cedar grove.

Old guidebooks on the Volga mention a pious custom: every passenger steamer sailing along the main road of Russia would certainly stop at the monastery pier so that travelers could attend a prayer service at the miraculous one.

The men's monastery existed on Tolga until 1926. Soon, a colony for juvenile delinquents moved into its walls (it was here until 1987), and in the mid-1930s, nearby, near the village of Norskoye, the construction of a dam began with the forces of the Gulag. The reservoir raised by her would have flooded many cities and villages up the Volga, including ancient Uglich. However, this project was soon abandoned and the construction was moved near Rybinsk, to the mouths of the Sheksna and Mologa; only the name of the village next to Tolga - Volgostroy - recalls the original plan.

The miraculous one was given to the museum. According to its iconographic type, it is "Eleusa" or "Tenderness". The image of the All-Pure One is half-length, the Savior touching Her cheeks fell on the left shoulder of His All-Pure Mother, and embraces Her by the neck with a shuytsey. According to the composition, Tolgskaya is similar in everything to the palladium of the neighboring Kostroma - the Fedorov Mother of God - but only in a mirror image. For a long time, lists were made from Tolgskaya, especially revered among them were icons in the maiden monastery in Nizhyn, in the Resurrection Church in the Vologda village of Podkubenskoye, in the Peter and Paul Monastery of Mtsensk and in the town of Illukste in the Courland province.

Troparion, tone 4

Today, Your image shines brightly on Tolga, Most Pure Virgin Mother of God, and, like the unsetting sun, always giving to the faithful, seeing it in the air, invisibly the Angels, as if by no one, are holding, His Grace Bishop of the city of Rostov Tryphon flow to the revealed luminous pillar of fire, and on the waters , as if on dry land, passe, and praying to Thee is true for the flock and for the people. And we, flowing to You, call: Most Holy Virgin Theotokos, save those who glorify You faithfully, our country, bishops and all Russian peoples from all troubles, by Your great mercy.

Prayer

O Most Holy Lady, Virgin Mother of God, Supreme Cherubim and Seraphim and Most Holy of all saints! You, Omnipotent, on Tolga, your multi-healing icon to the blessed Saint Tryphon favorably showed you, and you have done many and inexpressible miracles with it and now you are doing it, according to Your indescribable mercy to us. To you, before your most pure image, we bow down and pray, Blessed Intercessor of our kind: in this earthly wandering, many-sorrowful and many-rebellious, do not deprive us of Your intercession and protection of the sovereign. Save and protect us, Lady, from the kindled arrows of the crafty enemy of our salvation. Strengthen our weak will to do the commandments of Christ, soften our petrified hearts with love for God and our neighbors, grant us contrition of the heart and true repentance, but having cleansed ourselves of sinful filth, we will be able to bring the Creator pleasing to Him the fruits of good deeds and be vouchsafed a peaceful Christian death and a right answer at His Terrible and impartial Judgment. Hey, Lady All-Merciful! In this terrible hour, mortal, most of all, show us Your powerful intercession, then hasten to help us helpless and with Your sovereign hand, rescue us from the power of the fierce world-keeper, for truly, Your prayer can do much before the face of the Lord, and nothing is impossible for Your intercession, if only you rejoice. Meanwhile, Thy holy image is tenderly looking and before it, as if living Thy being with us, worshiping, with good hope, we prayerfully commit ourselves and each other and our whole life to You, according to Bose, and we magnify Thee with our Savior born from You, the Lord Jesus Christ, To him, with His Beginningless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, all glory, honor and worship is due, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

21 / 08 / 2005

The miraculous icons of the Mother of God are greatly revered throughout the Orthodox world. They say that the Tolga Icon of the Mother of God healed Ivan the Terrible himself, when he could not walk from pain in his legs. We were told about this icon by a friend of a neighbor on the landing.

A baby was miraculously healed, whom the doctors could not make a correct diagnosis. Mother fervently prayed to the Mother of God, confessed and took communion. The result was a complete recovery of the baby. In the article I will talk about the appearance of the icon to the Bishop of Rostov, the miracles of healing and prayer for it.

History of the icon

The holy image was bestowed by heaven in the most miraculous way in 1314. Once Bishop Prokhor went to Yaroslavl on church business. The path ran along the Volga River, and for the night the pilgrims chose the area where the Tolga River flows into the Volga. When it got dark, the bishop saw a column of fire coming from the sky. He went to that place and saw that a bright light was coming from the image of the Mother of God with the Divine Infant in her arms.

The bishop began to fervently pray to the Holy Face and spent the rest of the night in prayerful vigil. Returning to the parking lot, Prokhor noticed that his rod had remained at the site of the nightly prayer vigil. When the servants returned from the place of search, they brought with them the miraculous icon of the Mother of God: it was next to the rod. Prokhor immediately recognized the image of the Mother of God on the icon, which appeared to him in a vision. The pilgrims knelt down and offered praise to the Mother of God.

On the same day, the place where the icon was found was cleared for the construction of a church. During construction, there were God's miracles because the temple was erected in just one day. In the evening it was consecrated, and all sick people were healed. Later, a male Tolgsky monastery was erected next to the church.

The Tolga Monastery stood for about 600 years, and after the revolution, a children's colony was opened in it. The image of the Mother of God was transferred to the Yaroslavl Museum, and only in 2003 did the holy Face return to his monastery.

The Holy Face of the Tolgskaya Mother of God is the protective cover of the city of Yaroslavl.

The icon is located in the Assumption Cathedral, its distinctive feature is the sign of divinity above the head. Above the image of the Mother of God with the Divine Infant, who clung to her cheek, are the archangels Gabriel and. Lists from the icon have the same miraculous power as the prototype.

What helps

Miracles icons

In 1995, an article appeared in a Yaroslavl newspaper written by the grandmother of a healed 14-year-old grandson. The boy had a hump and a secondary vertebral fracture. Prayers, anointing with lamp oil in front of the icon performed a miracle. Doctors could not explain where the hump and fracture had gone. It was a real miracle shown by the Mother of God in our days.

In the same year, 1995, with the help of a prayer to the icon, a boy was healed, who could only walk with crutches. The boy was brought to the Tolga Monastery by his parents from Volgograd. The child went back without crutches.

In 2001, through the prayer of the mother in front of the icon, her son was healed. He suffered from heart disease. The woman came to the monastery from Moscow to bow to the shrine and ask for the healing of her son. Later, she brought a medical certificate of the complete recovery of her child.

In 2006, the girl's warts disappeared from her hand, which they planned to remove with a laser. She drank monastery water from the spring and prayed to the holy Face.

In 2008, an alcoholic woman completely got rid of her addiction by kissing the Holy Face in the Tolga Monastery.

In 2011, a woman was completely healed from terrible swelling on her leg. She attended prayer services for the blessing of water, offered up prayers to the icon for three days and smeared her sore leg with lamp oil.

The holy image of the Mother of God is famous for its mysterious appearance and miraculous effect. Most Orthodox Christians go to the Tolga Icon for spiritual and bodily healing.

The miraculous influence of the Tolga Icon of the Mother of God constantly gathers a huge number of pilgrims from different parts of Russia. Folk memory knows cases of miraculous healing and the manifestation of grace-filled help to those who suffer and pray. According to legend, even Ivan the Terrible himself, suffering from constant pain in his legs, relied in prayers to the Tolga Mother of God, asking for healing. Only ardent prayer requests put the Tsar of Russia on his feet, and the image of the Mother of God revealed itself to the world as miraculous.

History of the icon

The icon of the Mother of God revealed itself to the world in 1314, falling into the hands of the clergyman Prokhor. In the middle of the night, the bishop was woken up by a bright divine light entering his tent from the street. Going to satisfy his curiosity, Prokhor saw a blazing glow coming from the sky. The miracle happened in the area where the Tolga River flows into the Volga. The light beckoned the clergyman, approaching, he saw how the image of the Most Pure Virgin hovered in the air with the infant savior in her arms. The elder hurried to report what he saw to his fellow travelers.

Companions, together with Prokhor, returned to a wonderful place. Only now there was no pillar of fire, in its place the icon lay peacefully. The bishop could not believe it, arguing that it was precisely such a face, which appeared on the icon, that he had seen in the air a few hours ago. It was decided to build a temple in honor of the Virgin. The church was built in exactly one day, all local residents helped in the construction. Soon a monastery lavra was built on this site, and the Tolgskaya, or otherwise called Tolganskaya, icon became famous for its numerous healings.

Where is the icon

The monastery on the Tolga River was attacked by the authorities in 1926. The unfaithful defiled the temple of God by placing it in sacred place colony for juvenile delinquents. Orthodox people managed to save the divine face by hiding it in the Yaroslavl Art Museum.

The monastery was restored only in 2003, when the period of religious persecution passed. In the same year, the miraculous face of the Mother of God was returned to the monastery. In addition to the main icon, which is currently kept in the Tretyakov Gallery, there are at least famous lists in the Vysoko-Petrovsky Moscow Monastery and the Nezhiinsky Svyato-Vvedensky convent in the city of Nizhyn.

Description of the Tolgan Icon

The Mother of God is depicted slightly bowing her head towards the baby Jesus, who, with an expression of love, reverence and insecurity, comes into contact with the face of the Mother. The type of icon painting of this image is "Tenderness", expressing sorrow and some similarity with the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God.

On the Tolgan icon, one feels strength of mind, which is incomparable emotionally with anything else. The holiness of the countenance has an impact even on the most strict and cold person towards God. The picturesque image of the hands of the Virgin and the Divine Infant is expressed as a dialogue devoid of words, the mystery of which is revealed only with a long and thoughtful contemplation. The right hand of the Virgin Mary is turned with an open palm towards the Son, who embraces and embraces the Mother's neck.

The icon reflects the boundless love of the Son for the Mother and for all the people who fill the Earth. Since the miraculous appearance of the face of the Most Pure Virgin, people have not ceased to hope in prayers to the Mother of God, praying for peace, unity and God's blessing.

What helps the Tolga image of the Virgin

The icon is universally known for its miraculous phenomena that save people from the yoke of suffering. They pray to the Mother of God for help in getting rid of mental and physical illnesses. But that's not all. The Tolgan Icon of the Mother of God will help:

• in any business requiring divine support and patronage;
• in times of weakening faith. The Mother of God will strengthen the spirit, giving strength to cope with unbelief;
• in the fight against serious illnesses of your loved ones and relatives;
• in protecting the home and family. The intercession of the Mother of God will cover your personal well-being with an invisible veil of love and compassion;
• in teaching and following the word of God.

The icon is known for numerous prayers for healing. Any ailments are destroyed by a miraculous image, up to drunkenness, fatal diseases or dementia. On the face of the Mother of God, you can find more than one hundred medallions, chains and crosses - all this thanksgiving from people whose requests were heard.

Prayer before the icon of the Mother of God

Prayers to the Mother of God are countless. You can ask both for yourself and for loved ones. With your own words or established prayers. But each confession should begin with a specific prayer addressed to one or another image of the Mother of God. The sacred text for reading next to the Tolgan Icon of the Mother of God is as follows:

“Accept, Blessed Ever-Virgin Lady of the Kingdom of Heaven, our chapels. In tears and suffering, we trust in Your intercession. Each of us is a vile servant of God, without exception. I fall to Your face with tenderness, hear my prayers and give to everyone who asks in faith for forgiveness and the fulfillment of cherished requests. Ease the sorrow of those who mourn, and grant healing to those who suffer. Help the offended to forgive the offenders, and the forgotten - getting rid of the influence of the devil. Forgive the sinners who repent, and return those who perish to a bright life, free the babies from darkness and all vile passions. You, Great Lord, if all this is possible, implore your Son with your prayers for our forgiveness. Do not stop praying for our souls, who honor You and worship Your face. Till the end of time. Amen."

The day of veneration of the icon falls on August 28 and is celebrated once. Diligence and strong faith will help you get on the path of redemption. The Most Pure Virgin will provide support according to the strength of your faith and will not leave every praying soul in moments of rowing and suffering. Prayers before the image of the Mother of God will help you to get stronger in spirit, heal from any ailments and gain powerful intercession from evil deeds. We wish you peace of mind. be happy and don't forget to press the buttons and

Icon of the Mother of God Tolgskaya

History

Tolga icon-on the Pre-holy Bo-go-ro-di-tsy appeared on August 8, 1314, the year of Rostov-to-ho-ty-te-lu Pro-ho -ru (in scheme Tri-fo-nu). Circling the diocese, the saint in-se-til be-lo-zer-sky pre-de-ly and from-pra-vil-sya from-to-yes down the rivers of Sheksna and Vol-ge to Yaroslavl. When on-step-le-ni-no-chi would-la-la-stop-nov-ka 7 versts from Yaroslavl, on the right bank of the Vol-gi on- against vpa-de-niya in it r. Tol-gi. At midnight, when everyone was sleeping, the saint woke up and saw a bright light illuminating the surroundings. The light emanated from the fiery table-pa on the other be-re-gu of the river, to someone-ro-mu, a bridge pro-took. Taking the wand, the saint went to the other bank and, approaching the fiery table, saw in it iko-well Pre -holy Bo-go-ro-di-tsy, standing in the air-du-he. In-ra-wife-we-de-ni-em, the saint prayed for a long time and, when he returned back, he forgot to take your wand.

The next day, after the performance of morning, when the holy Pro-chorus was going to continue to live the way in the boat, na-cha -whether to look for his rod, but could not find it anywhere. Then the saint remembered that he had forgotten his rod on the other bank of the river, where he went along the miraculous bridge. He told about the phenomenon and, sent to the other shore on the boat, the servants returned with the knowledge that they would see whether in the forest between de-re-vya-mi iko-nu Ma-te-ri God-she, and next to it is the episcopal baton. The saint immediately-len-but re-re-pra-vil-together with all the people on the other shore and found out having revealed-shu-yu-sya to him iko-well. After the hot-whose mo-lit-you-before the icon, at that place, there was a forest and for-lo-zhi-li-church. As soon as the inhabitants of Yaro-Slav-la found out about this, they would arrive at the indicated place. By noon, the church is already built-and-whether, and in the evening the saint consecrated it in honor of the Entry into the temple of the Pre-Holy God -ro-di-tsy, re-carried that iko-well and set up a holiday on the day of her apparition. Later, St. Pro-choir arranged at this church. The priest Pro-chorus died on September 7, 1328.

Prayers

Troparion to the Most Holy Theotokos before the icon of Her "Tolga"

The day light shines on the Taggy / OPAZ Your, Pruce Delo God, / And, Yako Sun is incoming, / Always a vertical fee, / Eversha Vidayev on air, / Invisible Angels, Yako Nick, Devimi, / Pure Bishop GPADOV ROSTOV TPIFON / leak a luminous pillar of fire, / and over the waters, as if on dry land, pass, / and praying to You faithfully for the flock and for the people. / And we, flowing to You, call: / Blessed Virgin Mary, / faithfully save thee who glorify you, / our country , hierarchs / and all the Russian peoples from all troubles deliver / / according to the greatness of Your mercy.

Translation: Today, Your image shines brightly on Tolga, Most Pure Virgin Theotokos, and, like the unsetting sun, is always a believer, seeing him in heaven, invisibly supported by Angels, His Grace Bishop Tryphon of Rostov came to the luminous pillar of fire that appeared and on the water, as on land , passed, praying to You with faith for the flock and for all people. And we, turning to You, cry out: “Blessed Virgin Mary, with the faith of those who glorify you, save our country, bishops and all Russian people from all troubles, by Your great mercy.”

Kontakion of the Most Holy Theotokos before the icon of Her "Tolga"

Wonderful and God-pleasing of the light-bearing vision of Your appearance, Most Pure Virgin, / with faith, there is a well-known expectation of salvation, / as a pillar of fire, you are an intercession, / unsleeping and warm for us, send prayers to God, Russia, / imzhe country Yes, with joyful lips we cry to you all // Rejoice, Leader of eternal bliss.

Translation: The amazing and the appearance of Your light-bearing image, Most Pure Virgin, who looks at it with faith is the undoubted hope of salvation, for You are a fiery pillar of protection, tireless and ardent for us to God, send up a prayer with which to deliver the Russian country from all troubles, we pray, but joyful We all cry out to You with voices: "Rejoice, Leader of eternal bliss."

In kontakion to the Most Holy Theotokos before the icon of Her "Tolga"

A strange and God-pleasing appearance of Your luminous vision, / Most Pure Virgin, / with faith there is a certain expectation of salvation, / as a pillar of fire showing intercession, / vigilant and warm for us to God, send up a prayer, / we can save from all With joyful lips we cry to you all // Rejoice, Intercessor of eternal bliss.

Translation: The miraculous and God-inspired appearance of Your image that carries the light, Most Pure Virgin, who gazes at it with faith, is the undoubted hope of salvation, for You are a fiery pillar of protection, indefatigable and fervent for us to God, you send up a prayer with which deliver us from all troubles, we pray, but joyful We all cry out to You with voices: "Rejoice, Intercessor of eternal bliss."

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos before the icon of Her "Tolga"

O Most Holy Lady, Virgin Mother of God, superior to Cherubim and Seraphim and most holy of all saints! You, Omnipotent, on Tolga, Thy multi-healing icon of the blessed Saint Tryphon favorably showed Thou, and with it many and inexpressible miracles Thou did, and now you are doing, according to Thy unspeakable mercy to us. Before Your most pure image, we bow down and pray, Blessed Intercessor of our kind: in this earthly wandering, much sorrow and much trouble, do not deprive us of Your intercession and sovereign cover. Save and protect us, Lady, from the kindled arrows of the crafty enemy of our salvation. Underpowing the Impossible will our to do the commandments of Christ's commandments, soften the petrified hearts our love for God and the Middle Own, give us a crushing heart and repentance, yes, who cleaned the sinful sinful, we can bring the Creator of the well-known fruit of good deeds and promoting peaceful Christian death and answer right at His terrible and impartial Judgment. Hey, Lady All-Merciful! At an hour, the terrible mortal Napanese is your multiple interception, speeding up for helping us, outlord, and I keep your hand out of the power of Lutago Mirodetz, for truly a lot of your prayer can be the Lord's prayer, and nothing is impossible to the petition. . The same, tenderly looking at Your holy image and before it, as if you live with us, worshiping, with hope for the good of ourselves, and each other, and our whole life to You by God we prayerfully commit and magnify You with our Savior born of You, and By the Lord Jesus Christ, to Him, with His Father without beginning and the Most Holy Spirit, all glory, honor and worship is due, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Canons and Akathists

Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of the icon "Tolgskaya"

Kondak 1

To the Chosen Voivode, Our Lady of the Theotokos, who overshadowed the Russian country with the fiery appearance of Her icon on Tolga, we proclaim the laudatory song: You, O Bogomati, as if you have an invincible power, deliver us from all troubles, calling: Rejoice, our Joy, with Your icon comforting us forever .

Ikos 1

An earthly angel and a heavenly man, Saint Tryphon of Christ, was predestined from above to serve holy icon Thy appearance on Tolga, the Lady Preferring: that bo, creating the path from Beloezero along the Volga River, at night a pillar of fiery sight on its desert breeze and, having reached the place chosen by You, saw Your holy icon standing in the air and shining with heavenly light, to her crouching in prayer, with warm tears, exclaiming to Thee: Rejoice, Holy Receiver of God, illuminating the darkness of our souls; Rejoice, never-ending dawn, dispelling the darkness of our sins. Rejoice, miraculously accepting Christ God, like coal burning from the Heavenly Altar; Rejoice, Burning Kupino, foreseen by Moses the legislator. Rejoice, pillar of fire, guiding the Novago of Israel; Rejoice, dew-bearing cloud, quenching the heat of our passions. Rejoice, Almighty Representative, who removes the clouds of God's wrath from our heads; Rejoice, Zealous Intercessor, delivering us from eternal perdition. Rejoice, thou who didst grant us thy honest image as a pledge of salvation; Rejoice, having blessed the Russian country with his fiery appearance on Tolga. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 2

Seeing the currents of miracles and healings from Thy holy icon, Immaculate Virgin, we are perplexed to glorify Thee according to the heritage: which human tongue can utter Thy greatness, O wondrous Chamber of the Lord? Both, by Thy love we conquer, we dare to preach Thy miracles, manifested in Tolga, and laudatoryly sing of all to the Creator: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

Understanding the visitation of God, the miraculous saint, with fear tearfully praying before Your fiery icon, the Most Pure Mother of God, and by the sight of God leave your hierarch's rod on that beam, where praying: on the morning of the companion of the saint, looking for his rod, finding with him there Your unrevealed icon standing on the ground among the trees: and thus the pledge of God's grace was revealed to all, granted to the country of Russia from above by the good will of the Almighty, inspiring us to laudatoryly cry out to Thee: Rejoice, unfading and fragrant virginity; Rejoice, snow-white krine, filled with the dew of the Holy Spirit. Rejoice, Mother of the Most High God, who does not leave the lower by Your mercy; Rejoice, Queen of Heaven and earth, to her all the elements are subdued. Rejoice, Divine bridge, through which faithfully the seas of life cross the fierce abyss; Rejoice, Good Guide, instructing us on the paths of salvation. Rejoice, city of the Great King, in which the wanderers of the earth find a serene refuge; Rejoice, quiet haven of the overwhelmed. Rejoice, wall of protection for the Christian race; Rejoice, Cover of the world, broader than the clouds. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 3

The power of grace, bestowed on Your icon, Most Holy Lady Theotokos, convenes the faithful councils with spiritual songs to glorify Thee, the Most Honorable Cherubim and the Most Glorious Seraphim: for, having given birth to the One from the Trinity incorruptibly, now stand before the Throne of the Trinitarian Divinity, where the Hosts of Heaven cry out with trembling: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

Having care for the creation of the temple of God and the monastery of the monastics at the site of the appearance of your wonderful icon on Tolga, the All-Merciful Lady, St. Tryphon, together with the inhabitants of the city of Yaroslavl, with the zeal of many, they routinely erect the temple of God and thus create a new holy abode, in which they incessantly sing praises to you : Rejoice, thou who didst choose the lot of the Russian land for herself; Rejoice, Thy miraculous icons, as if you have multiplied the stars in it. Rejoice, proclaiming the spring of salvation to us with the radiance of Your miracles; Rejoice, warming our hearts frozen with the warmth of Your mercy. Rejoice, providing all the ages of the faithful with Thy bounties; Rejoice, mercifully nourishing infants. Rejoice, lovingly resting elders; Rejoice, compassionately maturing widows and orphans. Rejoice, sovereign guarantor of repentant sinners; Rejoice, true servants of God, the All-Right Helper. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 4

The storm of sorrows is quenched by You and the ferocious passions of the waves are transformed into silence, Blessed Virgin, for You have been given the great grace of universal intercession. Meanwhile, we look at Your holy icon with tenderness, joy in sorrow, in sickness we draw abundant healing from it and call the voices of praise on it to Your Son and God depicted together with You: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing near and far, as if a source of miracles appeared on Tolga, Thy holy and most pure icon, the Queen and Mistress of all creation, with zeal many flow to Thy healing image, accepting from it the gifts of Thy innumerable bounties. In the same way, we, unworthy, marching along the path of our fathers, with faith and love, fall down to Your miraculous icon and You from the depths of our hearts cry out: Rejoice, as Your icon, invisibly surrounded by Angels, sanctify the air; Rejoice, as your icon, which appeared fiery on Tolga, enlighten the whole country. Rejoice, as by Thy icon people in sickness and sorrow find quick help; Rejoice, as the demons are driven away by the light of Your icon. Rejoice, for your icon has been given to the city of Yaroslavl and its limit from above as a saving inheritance; Rejoice, for Your abode on Tolga brightly flaunts with Your icon. Rejoice, as the saints and people reverently worship before Your icon; Rejoice, for the whole multitude of Orthodox believers honors Your icon with pomp. Rejoice, Good Helper of God-wise monks for salvation; Rejoice, strong intercession of God-enlightened Russia. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 5

Divine star, Thy honest icon, Madam of God, enlighten our midnight radiance of glorious miracles, south, as a gift of God, Russia, having perceived, glorifies and sings of Your bounty: You, the All-Generous and All-good Intercessor of our kind, illumine our hearts with the light of grace, May we be able to sing to our Lord the seraph song: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Seeing a glorious miracle, how suddenly from the icon of Your saint, Most Pure Virgin, from Your right hand and from the left foot of Your holding the God-child, two streams of the world of fragrant and healing flow, the reverent Abbot Herman with the brethren of horror and joy was filled and, anointed with the world of that grace, to You I bring this joyful verb: Rejoice, precious alabaster, filled with the fragrance of Christ; Rejoice, world-reservoir of healings, never depleted. Rejoice, thou who surpasses human reason in the greatness of Thy miracles; Rejoice, from the board of dry myrrh, healing, more naturally pouring out. Rejoice, healer of many ailments in that world; Rejoice, outpouring of peace from Thy holy icon, showing Thy mercy to us. Rejoice, irrigating our souls for spiritual fruitfulness; Rejoice, our hearts rejoicing with Your Divine good will for us. Rejoice, stamenno all-gold, keeping manna from heaven; Rejoice, Tabernacle of the Living God. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 6

Preachers of the Enlightenment, Apostles of Christ, when you see in Lydda, on the wall of your temple, your icon not made by hands, bowing to it with reverence, the Most Pure Bogomati, imitating it, and we, humility, our knees before your wondrous and many-healing image, which is fire-like on Tolga Thou hast pleased to reveal, we diligently bow and with love we sing to the Savior of the world born from You the song of praise: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

Ascension to us on Tolga unflickering dawn of great miracles, Your Divine icon, Virgin Mother of God, in her is the undoubted pledge of God's favor and Your Heavenly intercession to the country of Russia, descended from the generous hand of the Almighty God. The same rejoicing, we glorify Your mercy and cry out to You in song: Rejoice, our Guardian and Affirmation; Rejoice, our Helper and Praise. Rejoice, abundant wealth for the poor and the poor; Rejoice, you who do not disdain the most contemptible and outcast. Rejoice, from the ditch of perdition you bring forth sinners who cry out to you; Rejoice, from the gates of mortals you bring back the dangerously sick. Rejoice, God-given consolation of the afflicted; Rejoice, quick hearing is true of those who pray to You. Rejoice, grace-filled consolation of all who mourn; Rejoice, indestructible protection for those who trust in You. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 7

Although the Lover of mankind, Christ, show His great love for people redeemed by His Honorable Blood, You, His Immaculate Mother, in protection and protection of the Christian family; You are truly a compassionate Mother, appearing to everyone with faith and hope resorting to Your warm intercession, do not deprive us of it, glorifying Your most honorable name and worshiping Your miraculous image, calling Your Son: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

A new and marvelous miracle reveal all the miracles, the Creator and all creatures, the Lord, when, during the fire of Your monastery on Tolga, by the permission of God, I suddenly burned down and Your temple, Your holy icon is unburned and unharmed in it, invisibly carried by angelic hands from the imprisoned and burning temple, outside the monastery, in the forest oak forest, where standing on a tree and shining with light, Thy good providence was found, Most Pure and Most Blessed Virgin, hearing from us this worthy praise: Rejoice, shining with the grace and glory of miraculous miracles; Rejoice, clothed in the light garment of mercy and bounty. Rejoice, having conquered the fiery power of nature with the power of Your Divine power; Rejoice, thou who didst make Thy honest, incombustible icon into the fires. Rejoice, thou who didst not allow the pledge of Thy favor to us to perish untimely; Rejoice, thou who stole his angelic hand from the flames. Rejoice, quiet and joyful light shining from Your many-wonderful image; Rejoice, mournful heart of the monks of your monastery, who gladdened him by finding him. Rejoice, having changed their lamentation to rejoicing; Rejoice, having generously replenished their deprivation. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 8

We are wanderers and strangers in this world, we are fleeting, the path is creative to our Eternal Heavenly Fatherland, You, good Hodegetria, we pray and ask, guide us along the path of the saving commandments of Christ to the bright city of Jerusalem on Heaven and do not let us deviate into the jungle of sin, leading to hellish dungeon, let us save with your sovereign help, let us be honored on the land of the living to sing to our Creator an eternally laudatory song: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

All the good and saving grant from Thy holy miraculous icon, the Most Pure Mother of God, even as a treasure of great value, we cry out to You with a voice of joy and thanksgiving: Rejoice, gracious quencher of sorrows and sorrows; Rejoice, good healer of mental and bodily ailments. Rejoice, soon-to-be Deliverer of the drowning; Rejoice, trustworthy Keeper of travelers. Rejoice, Enlightenment of the blind; Rejoice, lame legitimacy. Rejoice, mute clairvoyance; Rejoice, cleansing of lepers. Rejoice, hearing of the deaf; Rejoice, resurrection of the dead. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 9

Our whole country, Orthodox, by Thy mercies, Mother of God, blessed, silently praises Thy name and reverently honors the most pure face of Thy image, which wondrous and glorious used to show us miracles. At the same time, the sons of Russia have Your icon as a shield and protection from enemies, visible and invisible, and with Your holy help victorious adversaries, cry out to the King of Heaven and earth: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

Our song-writing does not suffice for the utterance of all the miracles, by You, the Lady, revealed and attributed to us from Your multi-healing icon on Tolga: but You, like the Good and Merciful Mother, do not disdain our inadequate and unworthy praises and graciously bow to You crying: Rejoice, Delighted and Blessed Virgin; Rejoice, for the Lord is with you and you are with us. Rejoice, one chosen and kind among wives; Rejoice, having opened the entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven for the human race. Rejoice, having grown for us the Fruit of salvation; Rejoice, Savior who gave birth to our souls. Rejoice, holding the Almighty in Your arms; Rejoice, thou who carried all the Creator into thy hand. Rejoice, thou who nourished the Feeder of the universe with thy milk; Rejoice, animated temple of God the Word. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 10

A saving and quiet haven from the turmoil of the sea of ​​life, we see Your holy abode on Tolga, in which Your icon, the Lady, enlightens with the rays of faithful miracles, guides everyone on the path of piety and salvation. For this sake, we glorify Your goodness, as if you were relentlessly with us with Your icon, heal our souls and bodies with grace and intercede for us at the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, where the faces of the saints joyfully proclaim: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

The wall and cover of the city of Yaroslavl was given to Thy holy icon from the bounties of the Humanity of God, imitating Him in philanthropy, Our All-Merciful Queen and Lady, with a multiplier of this city from the ruin of the military, thou didst preserve and during the pernicious lack of rain gave him abundant rain by the coming of Your honest image, imzhe and now you graciously visit us and graciously accept before him our prayers offered to you from the heart, with the singing of this: Rejoice, wiping tears of sorrow from the eyes of the suffering and sad; Rejoice, mournful heart that delights with Your grace-filled participation. Rejoice, resurrecting the dead youth, to the joy of his parents crying before your icon; Rejoice, thou who bestowed childbearing on the couple of infertile spouses. Rejoice, girl, possessed by an evil spirit, freed from demonic torment; Rejoice, husband, who had a dry nose, who soon healed. Rejoice, thou who didst fall into the thieves, and thou who didst call for help from death, delivering bitterness; Rejoice, priest, who was ill with deafness, and arranged to hear clearly. Rejoice, thou who miraculously filled up the impoverishment of the brothers in Thy holy abode; Rejoice, blasphemer, who stole the property of Your monastery, severely punished. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 11

Our humble singing and prayers, before Your holy and miraculous icon from Your warm love, do not despise, Madame All-Merciful, but be obedient to us, worshiping with reverence and faith Your Divine image and asking with tears of Your merciful intercession, its power truly exceeds every understanding and convenes angels and people councils together to praise the Creator with a God-red song: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

The light-giving lamp, filled with the oil of mercy and overflowing, we contemplate Thee with the eyes of faith, the God-chosen Mother of God, and, with Thy meek radiance, we illuminate, with Thy love we always warm, Thee, our Good Intercessor, with the icon of Thy wondrous bounty, sent down to us, gratefully and tenderly saying: Rejoice , in all needs and deeds, giving us quick help; Rejoice, in sorrows and sorrows shedding heavenly joy in our hearts. Rejoice, thou who didst deliver the clergy of Thy dwelling from the drowning of the water; Rejoice, bringing back a dead woman to life. Rejoice, having healed the demons many times; Rejoice, thou who bestowed common sense on the frenzied mind. Rejoice, healer with the eyes of those who were ill; Rejoice, thou who didst make the blind see before Thy icon. Rejoice, thou who didst arrange the lame and poor to walk straight; Rejoice, thou who bestowed healing upon the head of the one who was ill by Your appearance in a dream. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 12

Grace of God, holy and immaculate dwelling, Mother of the Lord of the Higher Powers, bless our thought, piously sing of Your miracles, on Tolga from Your honest icon revealed, and with Your non-evening radiance illuminate our dark souls, leading them to the light of the Trisyannago Divinity, where joy and eternal bliss prepared for the righteous, who sing a silent song to the Almighty: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

We sing a song of praise and thanksgiving to Thee, O God-rejoiced Virgin, we publicly preach the greatness of Thy miracles and the wealth of Thy mercy, revealed to us and our fatherland, and from the depths of our hearts we bring to Thee with humility and faith this laudable gifts: Rejoice, good Mother of all with the love of those who honor Thee and worshiping your honest image; Rejoice, kind Mother of virgins and motherless orphans. Rejoice, indestructible fortress of the Christian world; Rejoice, invincible defense of the Russian powers. Rejoice, Holy Orthodox Church many-sung glory; Rejoice, blessed fertilizer of saints and priests. Rejoice, monastic intercessor of eternal joy; Rejoice, and in the world of those who live piously, you do not deprive Your intercession. Rejoice, healer of our bodies from various ailments; Rejoice, delivering our souls from invisible enemies. Rejoice, our Joy, who comforts us with Your icon.

Kondak 13

Oh, All-singing Mother, who gave birth to Eternal Joy - our Lord Jesus Christ, earthly and heavenly Savior! Receive graciously our prayerful singing, before miraculous icon Yours, with faith and reverence, lifted up to You, and omnipotent prayers With your help, deliver us from temporary troubles and eternal torment, grant us the right to live in piety and orthodoxy here, in earthly life, customs, in the future in joy, paradise, with all the saints, forever sing to our Creator: Alleluia.

(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)

Prayer one

Oh, Most Holy Lady, Virgin Mother of God, the highest of Cherubim and Seraphim and the Most Holy of all saints! You, Omnipotent, on Tolga, your multi-healing icon to the blessed Saint Tryphon favorably showed you, and you have done many and inexpressible miracles with it and now you are doing it, according to Your indescribable mercy to us. Before Your most pure image, we bow down and pray, Most Blessed Intercessor of our kind: in this earthly wandering, many-sorrowful and many-rebellious, do not deprive us of Your intercession and protection of the sovereign. Save and protect us, Lady, from the kindled arrows of the crafty enemy of our salvation. Strengthen our weak will to do the commandments of Christ, soften our petrified hearts with love for God and our neighbors, grant us contrition of the heart and true repentance, but having cleansed ourselves of sinful filth, we will be able to bring to the Creator pleasing to Him the fruits of good deeds, and be honored with a peaceful Christian death and answer right at the Terrible and impartial Judgment. Hey, Lady All-Merciful! In a terrible, mortal hour, most of all, show us Your powerful intercession, then hasten to help us, the helpless, and with Your sovereign hand, rescue us from the hand of the fierce peacekeeper, for truly, Your prayer can do a lot before the face of the Lord and nothing is impossible for Your intercession, if only you rejoice . Meanwhile, Thy holy image is tenderly looking before him, as if you live with us, worshiping with good hope, ourselves, and each other, and our whole belly to You, according to Bose, we prayerfully commit and magnify Thee with our Savior born from You, the Lord By Jesus Christ, to Him, with His Beginningless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, all glory, honor and worship is due, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer two

Accept, O All-Blessed and Almighty, Most Pure Lady Mistress, Virgin Mother of God, these prayers, now brought to You with tears from us, Your unworthy servants, flowing to Your wholesome image with tenderness, as if You are the very same, and hear our prayers, and giving in faith to those who ask, according to any request, fulfillment. For those who grieve, you ease sorrows, give health to the weak, heal the weakened and sick, drive away demons from heaven, deliver the offended from insults and save the perishing, forgive sinful penitents, cleanse lepers, have mercy on small children, free you from bonds and dungeons, and heal all kinds of passions. , Lady Mistress Theotokos: all things are possible through Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God. Oh, Mother of All, the Most Holy Theotokos Virgin Mary! Do not stop praying for us, Thy unworthy servants, glorifying Thee and honoring, and worshiping Thy most pure image, and having irrevocable hope and undoubted faith in Thee, the Most Glorious and Immaculate Ever-Virgin, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Canon of the Most Holy Theotokos before the Tolgskaya Icon

Canto 1

Irmos: Having passed the water, as if I were dry land, and having escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried out: Let us drink to the Redeemer and our God.
Chorus:
Enlighten my mind, darkened by many misfortunes, enlighten, Virgo, the Light that gave birth to the Divine, will, desponding in virtue, inflame with sacred love, memory, exhausted in praise, strengthen, so that I will sing Your most luminous appearance on Tolga with dignity, Pure.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Beautiful Temple of the Three-Sun Light, adorn my feelings, I pray, yes, all the feelings are chaste, I will chastely sing Your honest appearance on Tolga, Pure One.
Glory: I fall down to Your most radiant image of the icon, accursed one: enlighten my soul, reveal my body and undefiled, and, having freed me from severe ailments, show me a partaker of the Heavenly heritage, Godless Bride.
And now: As if with a pillar of fire, the dawn of Your sight was revealed to the God-bearing saint, so even now, with the light of grace, you show faithful Your speedy intercession and intercession. Look down on the servants who call on You and demand Your help, O Gracious One, grant the country of Russia to the enemies of sovereign overcoming, you are guilty of all the good, who has embodied eternal goodness to us, Praise be to Heaven and the world Helper.

Canto 3

Irmos: The heavenly circle of the Verhotvorche, Lord, and the Church of the Builder, You confirm me in Your love, desires to the edge, true affirmation, One Humanity.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Lay down in me the taxes of demons, pride in virtues, hypocrisy in holiness, vanity in vigilance, arrogance in reverence and ingratitude in the benefactions of Your Son, One All-Singing Virgin.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Make me strange piety, I pray Thee, Virgo, and alien to curiosity about human sins, insolence and excessive hope in the mercy of Your Son gave me from me, but I will bring fruits worthy of Your Son, the only Most Pure.
Glory: Knowing the beginning and the thinness of my nature, I pray Thee, Virgo, give me the contempt of self-love, the flight of human praise, the knowledge of one's own sin and one's own infirmities, one God-blessed.
And now: A short end of all things and the whole world of death and future torment for the vanity of vainglorious deeds, think of me, Virgin, yes, by the grace of Your Son, I have been instructed to the path of true repentance, I will avoid eternal damnation, Immaculate.

Lord, have mercy (three times).
Sedalen, voice 4
Your fiery pillar is one seal of Your grace, the strongest imaginary, All-blameless, I sow in obedience to the commandments of Your Son and God, you print the faithful heart very strongly, but not the enemy who blasphemes Your name, having overcome flattery, will enslave us, Your servants, to hell. But by the haste of Thy goodness, with Thy sign, we will show the eminent heirs of the Kingdom of the Imperishable, the Blessed Virgin.
Glory, and now: Chosen to us and wondrous deliverance has been granted, Your honest image, Most Blessed Lady Virgin Mary, we look to him, we call to You: Rejoice, splendor of the hierarch; Rejoice, our refuge, and hope, and salvation; Rejoice, beauty and glory of the Tolgsky monastery and all Russia, refuge and protection; Rejoice, Unbrided Bride.

Canto 4

Irmos: Hear, O Lord, the sight of Your sacrament, understand Your deeds and glorify Your Divinity.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Lighten me with hardness of heart, soften me with mercilessness to those who demand, soften my petrified womb, calm me down with a storm of avarice embraced, O God-Bride Lady.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
In the hope of perishable and temporal things, do not leave me and the flame of the theft of the unrighteous, covering with the abyss of Your mercy, extinguish in me, One Ever-Virgin.
Glory: Idolatry in covetousness and godlessness in the delusion of true piety and the Orthodox faith, demand from the Orthodox, Mistress, and completely destroy from the same believers, let us unanimously praise Thee, the One Ever-Virgin.
And now: My mind, I pray to Thee, well-arranged for the knowledge of the One Existing God, for the consideration of eternal blessings, and grant me generosity, like Tabitha, and adorn me with the grace of Christ, like Cornelius the centurion, One Ever-Virgin.

Canto 5

Irmos: Enlighten us with Thy commandments, O Lord, and with Thy lofty arm grant Thy peace to us, Lover of mankind.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
The fire of impurity and all kinds of filth in me, liquefying with the sea of ​​Thy goodness, drown, and kindle the darkness of sin, and fill my heart with joy, O All-blameless.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Give no place to disgraceful disgrace in me, Lady, destroy the village of temptations, make me a temple of purity and all piety, and with pure lips I magnify Thee, O All-blameless.
Glory: Death, judgment, hell, deepen the Kingdom of Heaven in my memory, Mistress; yes, keeping this last one in my memory, I will leave the taxes of fierce iniquities and after my death I will receive the Kingdom of Heaven by You, now I magnify Thee forever, My soul is one hope.
And now: The love of this life is superfluous and temporary carnal rest, lay aside from me, I pray Thee, Pure, yes, I have avoided vain thoughts, I will receive wealth incorruptible in Heaven, My soul is one hope.

Canto 6

Irmos: I will pour out a prayer to the Lord and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows, for my soul is angry and my belly draw near to hell, and I pray, like Jonah: from aphids, God, raise me up.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Make me a stranger to joy, to the chagrin of my neighbor, O Miraculous Queen, do not allow me to be sincere without sadness, Humane-loving Lady, and deliver me from the enemies of villainy, diligently I pray to Thee, All-blameless.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Envy in my thought, do not let it take root, born from the root of the holy, Virgin, and deliver me brotherly hatred, Pure, but not the envy of the devil, who brought death into the world, being darkened, having lost God's grace and eternal life, All-blameless.
Glory: Indifference in troubles, put in me, All-Pure, with spiritual joy rejoicing in well-being, to those who mourn in misfortune, grant me regret, Most Holy, and brotherly love by the same nature and by the communion of the grace of Christ, send down from above, the abyss of love giving birth to the Virgin.
And now: Warm the extreme desire in me to everyone according to nature and in the name of Christ from the soul, do good, Good, but not some kind of evil my soul will be fulfilled, and my stomach will draw near to hell, and I will be betrayed without mercy, as if not having done mercy, into outer darkness , All-blameless.

Lord, have mercy (three times). Glory, and now:
Kontakion, tone 8
The wonderful and God-pleasing light-bearing sight of Your appearance, Most Pure Virgin, who gazes with faith is a well-known expectation of salvation, a pillar of fire showing intercession, vigilant and warm for us to God, send up a prayer, save the Russian country from all troubles, we pray, but with joyful lips we cry out to You all: rejoice, leader of eternal bliss.
Ikos
The radiant light of Your appearance on Tolga, wonderfully shines with its brilliance, shines on everyone, for God’s existing grace in You was closest to God, to all those who know You the true Mother of God of the earth, give unenviable healing joy, with which the whole Russian land has become richly enriched now, rejoices unceasingly and cries out to You with fellow believers: rejoice , the leader of eternal bliss.

Canto 7

Irmos: It came down from Judea, the children in Babylon sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, the fire of the cave was asked, singing: God of the fathers, blessed be Thou.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
The joy of the worldly suppressors and the soulful passion of death in me, Virgin, the contempt of the temporal, the desire for eternal blessings and imperishable joy give me with those who sing: Fathers, God, blessed be Thou.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Unruly consolation and excess, harming the mind, giving birth to filth to the soul, excommunicate from me, Virgo, and vouchsafe, give the body a healthy need, life is contented, enjoy the foretaste of eternal blessings together with those who sing: Fathers, God, blessed be Thou.
Glory: Sin, a fierce death to those who give birth, defiling and slandering my soul, but You, Most Pure Lady, cleanse me from this, and guide me to a God-pleasing life, adorn me with abstinence and reverence, and give me a pure heart to sing: Fathers God, blessed be Thou.
And now: Renew me, darkened by self-love, enlighten with the light of the sight of Your Lady, and, having tamed the lusts of the flesh in me, vouchsafe me to Him who was born from You with unceasingly clean lips to sing: Fathers, God, blessed be Thou.

Canto 8

Irmos: The King of Heaven, Whom the Angels sing, praise and exalt for all eternity.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Satisfy the indignation of my soul, the All-Immaculate, deliver me from the slander of those who slander, tame the sinful enmity in me and turn away the hatred with remembrance of malice from me, Virgin, may I glorify Thee, Pure, forever.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
The fire of rage, greenly kindled in me, extinguish with the dew of Your grace, blasphemy, which multiplies my soul, anger, and every kind of malice that nests in my heart, eradicate, Virgin, and glorify Thee, Pure, forever.
Glory: Write the image of the grace of God, O All-Pure One, in my soul and with the seal of Your mercy, strengthen and confirm me, yes, I have been delivered from all evils, with peaceful lips I glorify Thee, Pure, forever.
And now: Thy meekness and gentleness do not take away from me, Immaculate Virgin, grant me firm patience in temptation, yes, rejoicing, I glorify Thee, Pure, forever.

Canto 9

Irmos: We truly confess Theotokos, saved by Thee, Pure Virgin, with the incorporeal faces of Thee majestically.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Put aside the sorrows of my heart, despondency, despising grace, take away from me and laziness to seek virtue, use the fire of Your grace, Pure.
Holy Mother of God, save us.
Revive me with faintheartedness, resurrect the fallen one, resurrect the dead by deprivation and negligence of the good, Virgo, giving birth to immortal life.
Glory: Diligence in me to God's will, build up the grace of Your Son, zeal for the glory of God inflame in my heart, arrange reverence for the holiness of God and constancy in good deeds grant me, Virgin, the Leader of my salvation.
And now: Plant love of heavenly sweetness into the bowels of my soul, send me the care of eternal blessings from above, tenderness to repentance and contrition to correction, give me, Virgo, a radiant radiance miraculously being.

In Orthodoxy, the Mother of God is revered more than all the saints. She helps people in all pious deeds, there are icons of the Mother of God in any Orthodox home. Moreover, if usually the saint is depicted in any one way, then there are thousands of images of the Mother of God. they are called differently so that there is no confusion, but each has its own, only its own characteristics. Thus, although there are many icons, there are still a certain number of them in the world, the Mother of God cannot be written in any way.

How did all these icons appear and why are there so many of them? The image of the Mother of God - the first icons of the Christian world. According to legend, the very first image was written by the Evangelist Luke, and he wrote it from the original. But all the other images were not a copy from that first image. They appeared in the world the most different ways: painted by icon painters, and then glorified by miracles, appeared in the most unexpected places (in such cases, the image is considered miraculous).

For example, the Kazan icon of the Mother of God was found in a conflagration, and the Tolga icon of the Mother of God was found on a knot of a tree, high above the heads of all people. Such images are revered from the moment of their acquisition, they are considered miraculous.

The icon of the Mother of God of Tolga was acquired by Bishop Prokhor, after a short time a monastery began to be built nearby.

The icon itself is named after the place of appearance and current stay. It was not far from a small river in Tolga that the icon of the Mother of God of Tolga was found. Almost 700 years have passed since its acquisition, the image is considered very ancient and valuable.

Before the revolution, it was male, but over the decades that have passed since the start of perestroika, it has been restored as female. The beginning of its revival was laid at the dawn of the nineties, the community gathered with difficulty. But the Tolga Icon of the Mother of God helps the nuns of the monastery. Gradually all material difficulties were overcome, repair work finished. The Tolga icon is not the only shrine of the monastery. Here rest the relics whose books began to be republished in last years. Now the icon of the Mother of God Tolgskaya is located in the Yaroslavl region, in the Tolgsky monastery. And in Soviet times, the icon was kept in the city museum, but in the nineties it was transferred back to the monastery. At first, it was brought here on holidays: the image is ancient and extremely valuable, so the transportation was carried out in a special car with security. But now in the monastery it was possible to create the conditions necessary for the storage of such an ancient icon. Therefore, the icon of the Mother of God of Tolga now resides in the temple, and you can venerate it on any day.

The monastery lives a measured life, akathists are read daily in front of the Tolga Icon, prayer services are served before the relics, and the indestructible psalter is read. The sister nuns write down testimonies of miracles that happened through prayers before the Tolga icon.

Every year the monastery celebrates Tolgin Day - August 21, the day of special veneration of the Tolga Icon of the Mother of God. Many pilgrims flock here. After the Liturgy, the sisters distribute from the relic park - a cedar forest on the territory of the monastery, treat them with monastery kvass. Everyone who comes on this day to pray to the Mother of God at the monastery leaves comforted and joyful.