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| Icon Pokrov, 18-19 ° S. , Russia |
Since the Council of Ephesus (431) the Church has constantly proclaimed the close relationship between Mary's divine motherhood and her role as mother with the Christians. The theme of Pokrov therefore rests on a long Christian tradition. The veil include a roof across the sky, and safeguarding the meeting. It is the protector maforion which represents the power of protection of the Virgin . It is both symbol and reality.
The gesture of covering his own coat someone was in the East and West, a natural gesture of protection independent of social convention. In Byzantium and Russia expressed by covering the adoption of the adopted his mantle. And when St. Bonaventure defender of Marian devotion, founded in 1270 the brotherhood of Franciscan Friars Minor, he ordered the brothers to represent under the folds of the Virgin's mantle (pallium). Therefore this representation has spread in Western art. Mary is the refuge of all humanity, for which she continues to intercede. Maforion the 10th century Byzantine (1) , could evolve into a large coat solemn. Thus the same idea of protection is expressed by these symbols very similar and profoundly human: SKEP, Pokrov (protective veil) maforion, pallium (Mantle), all make this a reality since most Christian arises from the heart of the baptized.
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(1) The iconography of icon Pokrov began a miracle occurred Constantinople in the tenth century church of Blachernae. Every Friday is held the ritual ceremony during which they lifted the veil covering the statue of the Mother of God. During one of these celebrations, St. Mary Andre lives to prayer extending its cloak over the meeting as a sign of protection of the people and the city against enemy attack. The iconography, which commemorates the miracle started in the 12th century to proliferate in the workshops of Russia. Commemoration of the event is celebrated on October 1 in Russia, Oct. 28 in Greece and is the feast The most important after the Twelve Great Feasts liturgical.
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