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The Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God, named the Yugsk Commemorated on July 28, June 3 The Wonderworking
Icon of the Mother of God, named the Yugsk, appeared at the beginning of
the XVII Century to the starets schema-monk of the Pskovo-Pechersk monastery
Saint Dorophei. The Mother of God, during a time of invasion of the Swedes,
commanded him to take Her image to a place decreed by Her, and to transport the
image into the environs of the Yaroslavsk diocese and there to start a
monastery. The hegumen of the monastery was not agreeable to let go the Icon of
the Mother of God that had appeared, but She appeared to him in a dream-vision
commanding to fulfill Her will and let go the starets Dorophei with Her icon.
The starets Dorophei, having come to the place told him in the vision, stopped to
rest and put the holy icon upon a tree. When he wanted to continue the journey,
then by some certain power he was unable to take the holy icon from the tree.
Starets Dorophei realised, that the Queen of Heaven wanted to remain in this
place. He then built a small hut and stayed to live by this sacred icon. News
about the arrival of the elder quickly spread through the surrounding villages.
Pilgrims started to throng to him for veneration of the holy icon, from which
were done healings. Means were gathered by the pious local inhabitants and the
beginning of construction of a new monastery was put in place. © 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos. |
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