Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God

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The Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God is a revered Orthodox Christian icon of the Virgin Mary associated with the city of Smolensk and venerated as a wonderworking protector of Russia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hodegetria of Smolensk 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marian icon
Orthodox Christian icon
wonderworking icon
alsoKnownAs Our Lady of Smolensk NERFINISHED
Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God NERFINISHED
associatedWith Smolensk NERFINISHED
category Russian Orthodox icons of the Theotokos
countryOfVeneration Russia NERFINISHED
cultCenter Smolensk NERFINISHED
depicts Christ Child NERFINISHED
Theotokos NERFINISHED
feastDay 10 August (Julian calendar)
28 July (Gregorian equivalent for Russian Church)
function intercessory icon
hasAttribute healing miracles
protective patronage over cities
hasIconographicSchool Smolensk type of Hodegetria NERFINISHED
hasType Hodegetria icon NERFINISHED
honorificTitle wonderworking
influenced Russian Marian iconography
languageOfName Church Slavonic
liturgicalUse commemorated in Orthodox services
mainSubject Virgin Mary NERFINISHED
regionOfCult Eastern Europe NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
role patroness of Smolensk
protector of Russia
symbolizes motherly protection of the Theotokos
protection of the Russian land
theologicalSignificance sign of the Theotokos’ intercession for the faithful
titleInChurchSlavonic Смоленская икона Божией Матери NERFINISHED
tradition Byzantine iconography
traditionallyAttributedTo Evangelist Luke NERFINISHED
usedIn military supplications
public processions
veneratedAs miracle-working icon
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED

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Our Lady of Smolensk honorificTitle Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God
Hodegetria-type icon hasVariant Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God
this entity surface form: Hodegetria of Smolensk