Mother of God of Nicaea IconoGraphic No.1 | Orthodox Christian Accessory | Hardcover JournalThe Nicaea Icon of the Mother of God first appeared in the city of Nicaea in Anatolia (Asia Minor) sometime in the year 304, which is to say, prior to St Constantine's Edict of Milan which legalized the Christian religion in the Roman Empire. Details are scarce but this is what has been handed down to us by Holy Tradition: At this time the city was under siege by a certain Hamir. One of the assailing soldiers, whose name was Constantine, caught sight

For they that say such things

Again she ran into the house

’ says the Lord

- Blessed Seraphim of Platina

so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches

the good seed are the children of the kingdom

the icon was transferred from the Saint Sophia (Holy Wisdom) Cathedral in Novgorod to Moscow by Ivan the Terrible: first

- Fr Seraphim Rose

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do

as did Joshua and Moses

- Stichera for the Dead

Let us be attentive that we may offer the Holy Oblation in peace