According to ancient tradition, the wonderworking icon of Tikhvin is one of several painted by St Luke the Evangelist. The icon was taken from Jerusalem to Constantinople in the fifth century, where ...

A stunning architectural achievement, it remains in disrepair. Torzhok. Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Virgin (Old Church of the Ascension). View of tower interior. Aug. 18, 2006. William Brumfield ...

MOSCOW – A radiant image of the Mother of God and her somber-faced child, so enchanting it inspired Ivan the Terrible to build a monastery, has returned to its home in Russia, luring tens of thousands ...

Thousands of Orthodox believers will congregate in a small town in north-western Russia today to celebrate the return of the country's most mysterious icon, the Virgin of Tikhvin, reputedly painted by ...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Tikhvin Monastery in the Leningrad Oblast after a business trip to Tikhvin and bowed to the Icon of the Holy Mother of Tikhvin. This was not his first visit.

decades in the United States. After arriving in a special train car from St. Petersburg, 135 miles away, the Virgin of Tikhvin icon was carried aloft by Orthodox priests in dark robes toward the ...

MOSCOW — A radiant image of the mother of God and her somber-faced child, so enchanting that it inspired Ivan the Terrible to build a monastery, has returned to its home in Russia, luring tens of ...

The Russian icon The Virgin of Tikhvin has returned to its homeland after spending the last 60 years in the United States. Thousands of Russians have lined up to see it. Many seek miracles from the ...

Founded on the site of a miracle, this small settlement has had an outsized role in the history of Russia’s northwest. Located some 140 miles to the east of St. Petersburg, the small city of Tikhvin ...

This weekend, Rev. Sergei Garklavs will bid a bittersweet farewell to the woman who has guarded and protected his family for three generations. By saying goodbye, he will finally fulfill a family ...