Commemorated on June 18
The Bogolub Character of the Father of God, one of the most ancient wonderworking icons of Russia, was decorated in the twelfth century at the require of Prince Andrew Bogolubsky (July 4), in memory of an sign to him by the Father of God.In the meeting 1155 holy Prince Andrew, having resettled from Vishgorod to the Suzdal county, brought with him a wonderworking icon of the Father of God, decorated by the Evangelist Luke (this afterwards was called the Vladimir Character). At seven versts room from Vladimir by high jumper, the filch bring the wonderworking icon stopped and might not be inspired from the place. Angelic Prince Andrew asked the priest Nicholas, who accompanied him, to spoon out a Molieben in advance the Character. For a hanker time Andrew prayed with snivel in advance the decorous image. Complex he went indoors his spectator area and continued his violent prayer. The Utmost Angelic Theotokos appeared to him with a slim scroll in Her hand and commanded the angelic prince that the icon he brought from Vishgorod necessity locate at Vladimir, and that on the site of Her breathtaking sign a church and holy monastery necessity be built. She as a consequence prayerfully raised Her hand to Heaven, and normal a blessing from Christ the Savior. Subsequently the vision departed.
In enjoyable the unswerving, holy Prince Andrew built a stone church in look of the Nativity of the Utmost Angelic Theotokos, and the same a monastery. Afterwards the holy prince commissioned illustrious iconographers and asked that the Father of God be depicted such as he had seen Her in the vision, in full character, with the scroll in Her appropriate hand, and Her qualities turned towards the Savior. To the same degree the church was refined, the icon was placed in it and a once a year celebration in look of the sign of the Father of God was status on June 18. The monastery, and the township which formed about the monastery, was named Bogolub by St Andrew, what in his own words, "the Father of God loves this place," and the prince himself came to be called Bogolub or "God-lover." The wonderworking icon of the Father of God, brought from Vishgorod, was afterwards transferred from the Bogoub monastery to Vladimir indoors the Dormition cathedral, but the icon of the Resemblance remained at Bogolub and was called the Bogolub (at the cause to feel time [1978] the icon is in the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum store).
The icon of the Bogolub Father of God was puffed up by countless miracles, and unresponsive the be astride of multiple centuries reveal its grace-filled help to the believers of the Russian nation. The vastness of the miracles and signs wrought by the icon poetic believers in multiple seats in Russia to make copies of the decorous image, some of which were the same breathtaking.
