January 20,
2017
An icon of
Christ “Not Made By Hands” in Kazakhstan began streaming myrrh again during the
forefeast of Theophany, reports Kazinform.
The icon, in
the church of the Three Holy Hierarchs in the city of Karatau, in the Zhambyl
region, was painted by local artist Viktor Isaev in 1999. Others of his icons
have also been known to exude myrrh.
Myrrh was first
noticed on the icon of the Savior in Holy Week on March 26, 2000, the
sweet-scented healing substance appearing on His face in small beads. The first
miracle occurred when the icon was taken to the city of Taraz for a Moleben
where a nine-year-old girl was healed from blindness. Subsequent healings
occurred with people with kidney disease, severe skin diseases, and drug
addiction.
The flow of
myrrh is typically considered a sign foretelling important, momentous events,
or to be given for physical healing and spiritual bolstering. This time,
according to long-time rector Fr. Peter, the icon began weeping myrrh on
January 15, during the forefeast of Theophany.
The Three Holy
Hierarchs—Sts. Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, and Gregory the Theologian—are
considered the patron saints of Karatau, with the parish in their honor being
built in 1989, the city’s first Orthodox church. During a devastating hurricane
that left residential and industrial buildings in ruin, the church survived.
Now the Karatau church, with its unique icons, is place of pilgrimage.
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