In the monastery near Astrakhan zamirotochil 59 icons

In Korkinskom monastery, located in one of the small Islands of the Volodarsky district of the Astrakhan region, installed 59 icons, according to «Blagovest-info».
«A miracle happened last year, when on June 22 the world was covered with a first icon of the Holy Royal Martyrs, which depicts seven figures of the Romanov Royal family. «Tears» went on images of Tsar Nicholas and tsarina Alexandra. In the day of slaughter of the saints, Ipatiev martyrs, which is celebrated on July 17, installed and the remaining images of this icon, which was written about seven years ago, Astrakhan artist Vladimir Voronkov», — told the»Russian newspaper» monk Mitrofan (Petelin).


Then started to «cry» the other icons. In November of oily secretions appeared on the images of Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the theologian. Just today in the monastery mirotochit 59 icons.


Monks and novices gather myrrh from the icons and sent it to Kazan Church, located in the regional center. It is considered that the «tears» of Holy icons help believers to be healed from various ailments and get some peace of mind.
According to the clergy, a clear answer to the question why mirotochit icons, does not exist.
«Perhaps change is coming or a serious test, and thus the Lord strengthens people in their faith. There is also a view that the icons begin to stream where people have lost faith in God, and therefore he sends them signals», — said the monk Mitrophan.



Candidate of historical Sciences, researcher of the South scientific center of RAS Alla Shadrina sure crying icons is a kind of religious phenomenon that defies rational explanation.
«In the history of the Russian Orthodox Church often met cases when icons and relics had begun to stream myrrh. Moreover, in Soviet times, similar facts were reported even with pictures of the icons before which the faithful prayed. In certain circumstances these cases are not usually made public. Several times I myself saw mirotochit icons in Ufa and Rostov-on-don, — said Shadrin. To give a rational or scientific explanation is impossible. Because chemists and physicists cannot explain why a painting or other artwork they don’t stream. And the explanation is, in my opinion, to be found in irrational plane. For the Orthodox myrrh-streaming icons is a special grace.»
Simple believers, the villagers Great Mogie, believe that the miracle is connected with the history of the Vysokogorsky uspensko Nicholas Turkinskoe desert. For the first time in documents it is mentioned in 1568. In 1919 the monastery was closed, and the walls of outbuildings was founded a children’s orphanage. In 1930 the bell-tower were demolished and the Church of the monastery, the brick of which were brought to the village Volodarsky for the construction of the fish factory. Subsequently in the building of the monastery housed a boarding school, sanatorium, a tuberculosis hospital, and even a mental hospital that was closed in the early 90-ies. To revive the monastery began only in 2004.


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