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«The
Icon of Our Saviour, Not Made by Hands»
Ones, at the days of the
Christophany there was a king, named Avgar, who lived
in Edess - one of Syrian cities on the other side of the
Euphrates River. He was suffering from an illness and he had
heard about wonderful healings, made by Christ, he wrote to the
Savior a letter with an expression of belief in him, as in God
who had come from Heavens. He invited the Lord to the capital of
his land- Edess, offered him the residence for the sermon of the
Word of God and asked to grant him healing and to share the
kingdom with him. But the Lord has rejected the invitation,
having notified the king that his mission on the Earth was
finished and he was going back to The Father and after the
revival he promised to send him one of his disciples who would
cure him. Then Avgar sent a painter to draw Jesus Christ`s face,
but the painter couldn’t do it for it was impossible to endure
the wonderful light from the face of the Savior. Because of his
philanthropy and not to grieve the prince, the Lord washed his
hands, watered his face and put the towel onto it, and the
embodied image appeared on the towel. When this image was
brought to Avgar, it gave him healing. And this image and its
replicas ever since are called “the
Icon of Our Saviour, Not Made by Hands”.
Prayer
size 21 * 29 cm
Masters: Anna, Dmitry
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