Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk the “Sweet-Kissing”
Commemorated on March 19
The
Smolensk “Tenderness” Icon of the Mother
of God manifested itself in the year 1103 at
Smolensk. There is another Smolensk
“Tenderness” Icon from the vicinity of
Okopa (down from Smolensk). This icon was in the
encampment of the Russian armies of the military
commander Shein, restraining the Polish besiegers
from destroying Smolensk for twenty months
(1611-1613).