Orthodox Church of Belarus celebrates 520th anniversary of miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Minsk.

26 августа 2020
The Orthodox Church of Belarus celebrates a great holiday today – the 520th anniversary of the invention of the wonderworking icon of the Mother of God  of Minsk. According to the legend, the image written by Evangelist Luke in Byzantium later moved to Korsun, then to Kiev. And after the capture of Kiev by the conquerors the icon was thrown by them into the Dnieper and sailed to  the Svisloch. The holy image found in the water was placed on Zamkovaya Hill by the citizens of Minsk. The miraculous icon saved the city from conquerors many times, helped believers in distress and cured diseases. In 1591 the Mother of God became central to the coat of arms of Minsk.