INTERCESSION OF OUR LADY | Inspirational Icon Decor| Size: 5 1/4"x4 1/2"

The icon represents the heavenly vision revealed in the Vlaherna temple in Byzantium in the 10th century. Andrey Yurodivy and his disciple Epiphanius saw the Blessed Virgin standing on a cloud surrounded by saints. The Mother of God prayed to the Christ with prayer, and she overshadowed the worshipers with her omophorion. In the temple at this time was present. Roman Sladkopevets is the author of many Christmas songs and the Akathist of the Mother of God.

The Vlaherna temple was a three-nave basilica, built in 450-453 under Empress Pulcheria. In the 5th century under Emperor Leo a dome rotunda, the so-called Agia Soros, was attached to the church. It housed the Virgin's Robe, which repeatedly defended Constantinople from the invasion of the barbarians.