Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos before the icon of Unexpected Joy, prayer
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Story
The icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy" depicts a man kneeling before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. The iconographic subject for the image was the legend about the healing of a young man from carnal passion through the holy image of the Heavenly Lady, described in the work of St. Demetrius of Rostov "The Fleece Irrigated". A certain young man, possessed by many sins and leading a vicious life, used to pray in front of the image of the Most Pure One, uttering the Archangel's greeting: "Rejoice, Blessed One, the Lord is with You." Once, getting ready for a sinful deed again, he suddenly saw that the image of the Mother of God on the icon came to life, and the Divine Infant opened and was bleeding ulcers on his hands and feet, and blood was also flowing from His ribs. To the question of the horrified young man: "Oh, Madam, who did this?" The Mother of God replied: "You and the rest of the wicked by your sins crucify My Son again." Only then the abyss of his fall was revealed to the young man who was shocked to the depths of his soul, for a long time he prayed in tears to the Mother of God and the Savior for mercy. The Most Pure Virgin did not leave Her prayers for the sinful young man until the Lord Jesus Christ said: "Now his sins are forgiven for Your sake." The young man left his former sinful life, began to live honestly and piously, and until the end of his days with tears he thanked the Intercessor of the human race, whose prayers gave him the joy of forgiveness and forgiveness of sins, which they did not expect.
The time and place of origin of the prototype are unknown. Currently, the icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy" enjoys great veneration among believers, copies of the image are in almost every Orthodox church, although the distribution of the holy icon in Moscow began in the middle of the 19th century.
The most revered icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy" are in the church in honor of this icon in Maryina Roshcha, in the church of St. Theodore Stratilates near Chistoprudny Boulevard. One of the most famous and revered list is the image of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy", located at the left kliros in the temple in honor of the prophet Elijah in Obydenny Lane. This icon was originally placed in the Kremlin, in the small church of Saints Equal to the Apostles Constantine and Helena, then, after the destruction of the church, it was transferred to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sokolniki. In troubled times, all the miraculous and most revered icons from the destroyed Moscow churches were brought there. The icon was transferred to the Ilyinsky Church in June 1994. Since then, numerous believers have resorted to the miraculous image of the Mother of God in the temple, which is popularly called the temple of "Unexpected Joy".
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