Icon of the Mother of God “the Joy of All who Sorrow” (with coins) in St. Petersburg

Commemorated on July 23

The Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (With Coins) was glorified in the year 1888 in St. Petersburg, when during the time of a terrible thunderstorm lightning struck in a chapel. All was burned or singed, except for this icon of the Queen of Heaven. It was knocked to the floor, and the poor box broke open at the same time. Somehow, twelve small coins (half-kopeck pieces), became attached to the icon. A church was built in 1898 on the site of the chapel.

Troparion — Tone 8

Let all of us, priests and monks, men, women, and children, the healthy and the sick, / turn in repentance to the ever-flowing fountain of mercy, the Most Pure Virgin Theotokos, / crying out and humbly saying, "O Sovereign Lady, help your sinful servants, / as your glory is revealed, be ever merciful to us, / and entreat the purification of our souls and bodies from the Fountain of our life, / the God to Whom you gave birth, O only Blessed One."

Kontakion — Tone 6

We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Lady. / Help us, for in you we hope, / and of you we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.

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