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For healing his daughter, Emperor Gordias rewarded Tryphon with lavish gifts, which he gave away to the poor on his way home. He did not preach Christ, but news of his miraculous healings in His name was spreading.
The Orthodox Church approaches the Great Lent which will start on March 3rd according to the Julian calendar. In order to prepare for the Lenten journey, the Church gives us four pre-lenten weeks to help us understand why we fast.
As the teaching says, “the icons of the Mother of God are like stars in the sky: only the Queen of Heaven herself knows their number.” Sometimes copies of glorified icons appear that also become miraculous.
"The Surety of Sinners" icon is the main relic of the Holy Trinity Koretsky stavropegial women's monastery in Volyn. This ancient women's community located in the Ukrainian city of Korets, Rovno region, is about a thousand years old.