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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Protection_of_the_Theotokos&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Protection of the Theotokos">Protection of the Theotokos</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Eastern Orthodox feast, October 1 (October 14 in Julian)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Icon_02041_Pokrov._Ikona._XIX_v._Rossiya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Icon_02041_Pokrov._Ikona._XIX_v._Rossiya.jpg/170px-Icon_02041_Pokrov._Ikona._XIX_v._Rossiya.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Icon_02041_Pokrov._Ikona._XIX_v._Rossiya.jpg/255px-Icon_02041_Pokrov._Ikona._XIX_v._Rossiya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Icon_02041_Pokrov._Ikona._XIX_v._Rossiya.jpg/340px-Icon_02041_Pokrov._Ikona._XIX_v._Rossiya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="369" data-file-height="436" /></a><figcaption>Icon of the Protection, 19th century, Russia</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Intercession of the Theotokos</b>, or the <b>Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary</b>, is a Christian feast of the <a href="/wiki/Mother_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Mother of God">Mother of God</a> celebrated in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Catholic">Byzantine Catholic</a> Churches on October 1 (<a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian 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The feast celebrates the protection afforded the faithful through the <a href="/wiki/Intercession" title="Intercession">intercessions</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Theotokos</a> (<i>lit.</i> Mother of God, one Eastern title of the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>). </p><p>The feast is commemorated in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</a> as a whole, but by no means as fervently as it is in Russia, <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>, and, especially, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>. In the Slavic Orthodox Churches it is celebrated as the most important solemnity besides the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Great_Feasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve Great Feasts">Twelve Great Feasts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Pascha</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukraine</a>, it has a special meaning through its connection to the spirituality of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Cossacks" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Cossacks">Ukrainian Cossacks</a> and, accordingly and more recently, to <a href="/wiki/Defenders_of_Ukraine_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Defenders of Ukraine Day">Defenders of Ukraine Day</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intercession_of_the_Theotokos&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Protection of the Theotokos</b> or the <b>Intercession of the Theotokos</b> (<a href="/wiki/Church_Slavonic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Slavonic language">Church Slavonic</a>: <span lang="cu">Покровъ</span>, <b>Pokrov</b>, <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">Покрова</span>, <b>Pokrova</b>), like the (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Σκέπη</span>, <b>Sképē</b>) has a complex meaning. First of all, it refers to a cloak or shroud, but it also means protection or intercession. For this reason, the name of the feast is variously translated as the <b>Veil of Our Lady</b>, the <b>Protecting Veil of the Theotokos</b>. It is often translated as <b>Feast of the Intercession</b> or <b>Feast of the Holy Protection</b>. </p><p>With some reservations, the Intercession icon may be related to the Western <a href="/wiki/Virgin_of_Mercy" title="Virgin of Mercy">Virgin of Mercy</a> image, in which the Virgin spreads wide her cloak to cover and protect a group of kneeling supplicants (first known from Italy from about 1280). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tradition">Tradition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intercession_of_the_Theotokos&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tradition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Icon_of_theotokos_pokrov_naive.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Icon_of_theotokos_pokrov_naive.jpg/170px-Icon_of_theotokos_pokrov_naive.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Icon_of_theotokos_pokrov_naive.jpg/255px-Icon_of_theotokos_pokrov_naive.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Icon_of_theotokos_pokrov_naive.jpg 2x" data-file-width="337" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Russian icon of Pokrov</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Icon_03050_Pokrova_Bogorodicy._Seredina_XVII_v._Ukraina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Icon_03050_Pokrova_Bogorodicy._Seredina_XVII_v._Ukraina.jpg/170px-Icon_03050_Pokrova_Bogorodicy._Seredina_XVII_v._Ukraina.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Icon_03050_Pokrova_Bogorodicy._Seredina_XVII_v._Ukraina.jpg/255px-Icon_03050_Pokrova_Bogorodicy._Seredina_XVII_v._Ukraina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Icon_03050_Pokrova_Bogorodicy._Seredina_XVII_v._Ukraina.jpg/340px-Icon_03050_Pokrova_Bogorodicy._Seredina_XVII_v._Ukraina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="369" data-file-height="443" /></a><figcaption>Icon, showing a broad protective cloak. Mid 17th century, Ukraine.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to Eastern Orthodox <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred Tradition">Sacred Tradition</a>, the apparition of Mary the <a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Theotokos</a> occurred during the 10th century at the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._Mary_of_Blachernae_(Istanbul)" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul)">Blachernae church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>) where several of her <a href="/wiki/Relic" title="Relic">relics</a> (her robe, <a href="/wiki/Virgin%27s_veil" title="Virgin's veil">her veil</a>, and part of her belt) were kept. 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class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Category:Eastern Orthodoxy">a series</a> on the</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="font-size:140%;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christ_Pantocrator_mosaic_from_Hagia_Sophia_2744_x_2900_pixels_3.1_MB.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christ Pantocrator (Deesis mosaic detail)"><img alt="Christ Pantocrator (Deesis mosaic detail)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Christ_Pantocrator_mosaic_from_Hagia_Sophia_2744_x_2900_pixels_3.1_MB.jpg/140px-Christ_Pantocrator_mosaic_from_Hagia_Sophia_2744_x_2900_pixels_3.1_MB.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Christ_Pantocrator_mosaic_from_Hagia_Sophia_2744_x_2900_pixels_3.1_MB.jpg/210px-Christ_Pantocrator_mosaic_from_Hagia_Sophia_2744_x_2900_pixels_3.1_MB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Christ_Pantocrator_mosaic_from_Hagia_Sophia_2744_x_2900_pixels_3.1_MB.jpg/280px-Christ_Pantocrator_mosaic_from_Hagia_Sophia_2744_x_2900_pixels_3.1_MB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2744" data-file-height="2900" /></a></span><div class="sidebar-caption">Mosaic of <a href="/wiki/Christ_Pantocrator" title="Christ Pantocrator">Christ Pantocrator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hagia_Sophia" title="Hagia Sophia">Hagia Sophia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:gold"> Overview</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Organization of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_theology" title="Eastern Orthodox theology">Theology</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_Orthodox_theology" title="History of Eastern Orthodox theology">History of theology</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_worship" title="Eastern Orthodox worship">Liturgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Church history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament#Eastern_Orthodoxy_and_Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="Sacrament">Holy Mysteries</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theosis_(Eastern_Christian_theology)" title="Theosis (Eastern Christian theology)">View of salvation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">View of Mary</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon#Eastern_Orthodox_teaching" title="Icon">View of icons</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Background</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a> / <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">Ascension<br />of Jesus</a></div></li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Church" title="Christian Church">Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">Apostolic succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Marks_of_the_Church" title="Four Marks of the Church">Four Marks of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodoxy" title="Orthodoxy">Orthodoxy</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Organization of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Organization</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomy_(Eastern_Orthodoxy)" title="Autonomy (Eastern Orthodoxy)">Autonomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autocephaly" title="Autocephaly">Autocephaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate" title="Patriarchate">Patriarchate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Ecumenical Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity#Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Episcopal polity">Episcopal polity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Canon law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clergy#Orthodoxy" title="Clergy">Clergy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Eastern_Orthodox_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop (Eastern Orthodox Church)">Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Orthodox_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood (Orthodox Church)">Priests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon#Eastern_Orthodoxy_and_Eastern_Catholicism" title="Deacon">Deacons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christian_monasticism#Byzantine_monasticism" title="Eastern Christian monasticism">Monasticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Degrees_of_Eastern_Orthodox_monasticism" title="Degrees of Eastern Orthodox monasticism">Degrees</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_brotherhood" title="Orthodox brotherhood">Bratstvo</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Autocephaly" title="Autocephaly">Autocephalous</a> jurisdictions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion: <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople">Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Antioch" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch">Antioch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Romanian Orthodox Church">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church" title="Bulgarian Orthodox Church">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Cyprus" title="Church of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Greece" title="Church of Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Orthodox_Church" title="Polish Orthodox Church">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Albanian Orthodox Church">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_the_Czech_Lands_and_Slovakia" title="Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia">Czech Lands and Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Orthodox_Church_%E2%80%93_Archdiocese_of_Ohrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid">North Macedonia</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches <i>de jure</i>: </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_America" title="Orthodox Church in America">America</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches: </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Ukraine" title="Orthodox Church of Ukraine">Ukraine (OCU)</a></li></ul> <p>Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church: </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_(Moscow_Patriarchate)" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)">Ukraine (UOC)</a></li></ul> </div> <p><br /> </p> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Autonomy" title="Autonomy">Autonomous</a> jurisdictions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Sinai" title="Church of Sinai">Sinai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Finland" title="Orthodox Church of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Apostolic_Orthodox_Church" title="Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church">Estonia (EP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_Japan" title="Orthodox Church in Japan">Japan (MP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Orthodox_Church" title="Chinese Orthodox Church">China (MP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Metropolis_of_the_Americas" title="Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas">Americas (RP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Bessarabia" title="Metropolis of Bessarabia">Bessarabia (RP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u_and_All_Moldova" title="Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova">Moldova (MP)</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Semi-Autonomous: </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Crete" title="Church of Crete">Crete (EP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Moscow_Patriarchate" title="Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate">Estonia (MP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_of_Russia" title="Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia">ROCOR (MP)</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Episcopal assemblies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Australia,_New_Zealand,_and_Oceania" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania">Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Austria" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Belgium,_Holland,_and_Luxembourg" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg">Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Canada" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_France" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Germany" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Great Britain and Ireland">Great Britain and Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Italy_and_Malta" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Italy and Malta">Italy and Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Latin_America" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Latin America">Latin America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Scandinavia" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Spain_and_Portugal" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Spain and Portugal">Spain and Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Switzerland_and_Liechtenstein" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Switzerland and Liechtenstein">Switzerland and Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America">United States of America</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Noncanonical jurisdictions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Believers" title="Old Believers">Old Believers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_Christianity" title="Spiritual Christianity">Spiritual Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="True Orthodoxy">True Orthodoxy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catacomb_Church" title="Catacomb Church">Catacomb Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Calendarists" title="Old Calendarists">Old Calendarists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Orthodox_Catholic_Church" title="American Orthodox Catholic Church">American Orthodox Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_World_Patriarchs" class="mw-redirect" title="American World Patriarchs">American World Patriarchs</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church#Churches_that_are_unrecognized" title="Organization of the Eastern Orthodox Church">National</a> churches:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazian_Orthodox_Church" title="Abkhazian Orthodox Church">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church" title="Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_Italy" title="Orthodox Church in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Orthodox_Church" title="Latvian Orthodox Church">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Orthodox_Churches_in_Montenegro" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Orthodox Churches in Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Orthodox Church">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_%E2%80%93_Kyiv_Patriarchate" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate">UOC–KP</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Orthodox_Church" title="Evangelical Orthodox Church">Evangelical Orthodox</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_council" title="Ecumenical council">Ecumenical councils</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_seven_ecumenical_councils" title="First seven ecumenical councils">First Seven Ecumenical Councils</a>:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Constantinople" title="First Council of Constantinople">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus" title="Council of Ephesus">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Constantinople" title="Second Council of Constantinople">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Constantinople" title="Third Council of Constantinople">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Nicaea" title="Second Council of Nicaea">Seventh</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Other possible ecumenical councils:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Council_of_Constantinople_(Eastern_Orthodox)" title="Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox)">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Council_of_Constantinople" title="Fifth Council of Constantinople">Ninth</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Other important councils:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quinisext_Council" title="Quinisext Council">Quinisext Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Jassy" title="Synod of Jassy">Jassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Moscow_Synod" title="Great Moscow Synod">Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Jerusalem_(1672)" title="Synod of Jerusalem (1672)">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Constantinople_(1872)" title="Council of Constantinople (1872)">Constantinople (1872)</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church">History</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church Fathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentarchy" title="Pentarchy">Pentarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Iberia" title="Christianization of Iberia">Christianization of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Bulgaria" title="Christianization of Bulgaria">Christianization of Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Kievan_Rus%27" title="Christianization of Kievan Rus'">Christianization of Kievan Rus'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">Great Schism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Russian Orthodox Church">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church_under_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_North_America" title="Eastern Orthodoxy in North America">North America</a></li> <li>Moscow–Constantinople schism <ul><li><a href="/wiki/15th%E2%80%9316th_century_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="15th–16th century Moscow–Constantinople schism">15th–16th c.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="1996 Moscow–Constantinople schism">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism">2018</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_theology" title="Eastern Orthodox theology">Theology</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_Orthodox_theology" title="History of Eastern Orthodox theology">History of Eastern Orthodox theology</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_Orthodox_theology_in_the_20th_century" title="History of Eastern Orthodox theology in the 20th century">20th century (Neo-Palamism)</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apophatic_theology" title="Apophatic theology">Apophaticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrismation" title="Chrismation">Chrismation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_contemplation" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian contemplation">Contemplative prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essence%E2%80%93energies_distinction" title="Essence–energies distinction">Essence vs. Energies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesychasm" title="Hesychasm">Hesychasm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Holy Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypostatic_union" title="Hypostatic union">Hypostatic union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">Icons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metousiosis" title="Metousiosis">Metousiosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystical_theology#Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Mystical theology">Mystical theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepsis" title="Nepsis">Nepsis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Economy_(religion)" title="Economy (religion)">Oikonomia</a></i> vs <i><a href="/wiki/Akribeia" title="Akribeia">Akribeia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ousia" title="Ousia">Ousia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palamism" title="Palamism">Palamism</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philokalia" title="Philokalia">Philokalia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phronema" title="Phronema">Phronema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_view_of_sin" title="Eastern Orthodox view of sin">Sin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theosis_(Eastern_Christian_theology)" title="Theosis (Eastern Christian theology)">Theosis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Theotokos</a></i></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theological_differences_between_the_Catholic_Church_and_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Theological differences between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church">Differences from the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_teaching_regarding_the_Filioque" title="Eastern Orthodox teaching regarding the Filioque">Opposition to the Filioque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_opposition_to_papal_supremacy" title="Eastern Orthodox opposition to papal supremacy">Opposition to papal supremacy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_worship" title="Eastern Orthodox worship">Liturgy and worship</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" title="Divine Liturgy">Divine Liturgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Service_(Eastern_Orthodoxy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine Service (Eastern Orthodoxy)">Divine Services</a></li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akathist" title="Akathist">Akathist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apolytikion" title="Apolytikion">Apolytikion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artos" title="Artos">Artos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ectenia" title="Ectenia">Ectenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euchologion" title="Euchologion">Euchologion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_water_in_Eastern_Christianity" title="Holy water in Eastern Christianity">Holy Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iconostasis" title="Iconostasis">Iconostasis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Prayer" title="Jesus Prayer">Jesus Prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kontakion" title="Kontakion">Kontakion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entrance_(liturgical)" title="Entrance (liturgical)">Liturgical entrances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgical_fan_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical fan in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Liturgical fans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lity_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lity in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Lity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_service_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Memorial service in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Memorial service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memory_Eternal" title="Memory Eternal">Memory Eternal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omophorion" title="Omophorion">Omophorion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowing_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Bowing in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox bowing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Marriage in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox marriage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praxis_(Byzantine_Rite)" title="Praxis (Byzantine Rite)">Praxis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraklesis" title="Paraklesis">Paraklesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_greeting" title="Paschal greeting">Paschal greeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Homily" title="Paschal Homily">Paschal Homily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_troparion" title="Paschal troparion">Paschal troparion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_rope" title="Prayer rope">Prayer rope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosphora" title="Prosphora">Prosphora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_bell_ringing" title="Russian Orthodox bell ringing">Russian bell ringing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semantron" title="Semantron">Semantron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sign_of_the_cross#Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Sign of the cross">Sign of the cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sticheron" title="Sticheron">Sticheron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troparion" title="Troparion">Troparion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vestment#Byzantine_Rite" title="Vestment">Vestments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurible#Byzantine_Rite" title="Thurible">Use of incense</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_liturgical_calendar" title="Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar">Liturgical calendar</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_cycle" title="Paschal cycle">Paschal cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_feasts_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox Church">12 Great Feasts</a></li> <li>Other feasts:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_Orthodoxy" title="Feast of Orthodoxy">Feast of Orthodoxy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Intercession of the Theotokos</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>The four fasting periods:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_Fast" title="Nativity Fast">Nativity Fast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lent" title="Great Lent">Great Lent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostles%27_Fast" title="Apostles' Fast">Apostles' Fast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God" title="Dormition of the Mother of God">Dormition</a> Fast</li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Major figures</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria" title="Athanasius of Alexandria">Athanasius of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephrem_the_Syrian" title="Ephrem the Syrian">Ephrem the Syrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea" title="Basil of Caesarea">Basil of Caesarea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Jerusalem" title="Cyril of Jerusalem">Cyril of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus" title="Gregory of Nazianzus">Gregory of Nazianzus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Nyssa" title="Gregory of Nyssa">Gregory of Nyssa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chrysostom" title="John Chrysostom">John Chrysostom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria" title="Cyril of Alexandria">Cyril of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Climacus" title="John Climacus">John Climacus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor" title="Maximus the Confessor">Maximus the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Damascus" title="John of Damascus">John of Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_the_Studite" title="Theodore the Studite">Theodore the Studite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kassia" title="Kassia">Kassiani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_and_Methodius" title="Cyril and Methodius">Cyril and Methodius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Photios_I_of_Constantinople" title="Photios I of Constantinople">Photios I of Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Palamas" title="Gregory Palamas">Gregory Palamas</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Other topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_church_architecture" title="Eastern Orthodox church architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_Orthodoxy" title="Folk Orthodoxy">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encyclical_of_the_Eastern_Patriarchs" title="Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs">Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_cross" title="Russian Orthodox cross">Eastern Orthodox cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_saint_titles" title="List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles">Saint titles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_by_country" title="Eastern Orthodoxy by country">Statistics by country</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output 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Constantinople called upon the intercession of the Mother of God to protect them from <a href="/wiki/Rus%27%E2%80%93Byzantine_War_(860)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rus'–Byzantine War (860)">an attack</a> by a large <a href="/wiki/Rus%27_Khaganate" title="Rus' Khaganate">Rus'</a> army (Rus' was still <a href="/wiki/Pagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan">pagan</a> at the time). According to Nestor, the feast celebrates the destruction of this fleet sometime in the ninth century; according to some other legend, however, the outcome was the adoption of Christianity by the whole host (led by <a href="/wiki/Askold_and_Dir" title="Askold and Dir">Askold</a>). </p><p>Veneration of the Intercession (Pokrov) in <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Rus'</a> (and consequently <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>, Russia, and <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>) dates back to the 12th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Icon">Icon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intercession_of_the_Theotokos&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Icon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The icon of the feast, which is not found in <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_art" title="Byzantine art">Byzantine art</a>, depicts in its upper part the Virgin Mary surrounded by a luminous <a href="/wiki/Aureole" class="mw-redirect" title="Aureole">aureole</a>. She holds in her outstreched arms an <a href="/wiki/Orarion" title="Orarion">orarion</a> or veil, which symbolizes the protection of her intercession.<sup id="cite_ref-ukrainianchurchesofcanada.ca_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukrainianchurchesofcanada.ca-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To either side of her stand numerous saints and angels, many of whom are recognizable to the experienced church-goer: the <a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">apostles</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Nicholas_of_Myra" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Nicholas of Myra">St. Nicholas of Myra</a>, etc. Below, St. Andrew the Fool for Christ is depicted, pointing up at the Virgin Mary and turning to his disciple Epiphanius. Usually, the veil with which the Virgin protects mankind is small and held either in her outstretched hands or by two angels,<sup id="cite_ref-Neil_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though a version similar to the Western European <a href="/wiki/Virgin_of_Mercy" title="Virgin of Mercy">Virgin of Mercy</a> image, with a larger cloak covering people is found in some Eastern Orthodox icons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Feast">Feast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intercession_of_the_Theotokos&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Feast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pokrova_(Intercession_of_the_Holy_Virgin)_with_the_Portrait_of_Hetman_Bohdan_Khmelnytsky._Kyiv_Region.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Pokrova_%28Intercession_of_the_Holy_Virgin%29_with_the_Portrait_of_Hetman_Bohdan_Khmelnytsky._Kyiv_Region.jpg/170px-Pokrova_%28Intercession_of_the_Holy_Virgin%29_with_the_Portrait_of_Hetman_Bohdan_Khmelnytsky._Kyiv_Region.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Pokrova_%28Intercession_of_the_Holy_Virgin%29_with_the_Portrait_of_Hetman_Bohdan_Khmelnytsky._Kyiv_Region.jpg/255px-Pokrova_%28Intercession_of_the_Holy_Virgin%29_with_the_Portrait_of_Hetman_Bohdan_Khmelnytsky._Kyiv_Region.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Pokrova_%28Intercession_of_the_Holy_Virgin%29_with_the_Portrait_of_Hetman_Bohdan_Khmelnytsky._Kyiv_Region.jpg/340px-Pokrova_%28Intercession_of_the_Holy_Virgin%29_with_the_Portrait_of_Hetman_Bohdan_Khmelnytsky._Kyiv_Region.jpg 2x" data-file-width="562" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>The Holy Virgin protecting the Ukrainian cossack hetman <a href="/wiki/Bohdan_Khmelnytsky" title="Bohdan Khmelnytsky">Bohdan Khmelnytsky</a> (at the right of image). Late 17 to early 18th century, Ukraine.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Feast of the Intercession commemorates the miracle as a joyous revelation of the Theotokos' protection, which is spread over the world, and the Mother of God's great love for mankind.<sup id="cite_ref-transf_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transf-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a religious <a href="/wiki/Holy_day_of_obligation" title="Holy day of obligation">holy day</a> or <a href="/wiki/Feast_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast day">feast day</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Rite</a> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Churches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-protectionbvmsolon.com_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-protectionbvmsolon.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-risu.org.ua_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-risu.org.ua-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is served as an <a href="/wiki/All-Night_Vigil" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Night Vigil">All-Night Vigil</a>, with many of the same elements as occur on Great Feasts of the Theotokos. However, Pokrov/Pokrova has no <a href="/wiki/Afterfeast" title="Afterfeast">Afterfeast</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, it is celebrated on October 1 (before 2023: October 14) as a religious, national, and family holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-risu.org.ua_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-risu.org.ua-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concept of <a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Mother of God</a> as the Intercessor and Protectress (i.e. the Intercession, or 'Pokrova' in Ukrainian, as an aspect of <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Virgin Mary</a>) became firmly established among <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a> through their history. The Holy Lady of Protection was always considered the heavenly patroness of <a href="/wiki/Zaporozhian_Host" title="Zaporozhian Host">Zaporozhian Host</a>, and therefore <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Cossacks" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Cossacks">Ukrainian Cossacks</a>. As a legend has it,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> each of their campaign the Cossacks began with <b><a href="/wiki/Sub_tuum_praesidium" title="Sub tuum praesidium">Sub tuum praesidium</a></b> prayer to the <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Holy Lady</a> (in Ukrainian: «Під Твою милість прибігаємо, Богородице Діво, молитвами нашими в скорботах не погордуй, але від бід ізбав нас, єдина чиста і благословенна!»), by which making reference to the Intercession. Notably, an icon in the <a href="/wiki/National_Art_Museum_of_Ukraine" title="National Art Museum of Ukraine">National Art Museum of Ukraine</a> shows the Virgin Mary protecting the Ukrainian cossack <a href="/wiki/Hetman" title="Hetman">hetman</a> <a href="/wiki/Bohdan_Khmelnytsky" title="Bohdan Khmelnytsky">Bohdan Khmelnytsky</a>. The singular (as compared to the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian world">Christian world</a>) devotion of Ukrainians to the Intercession feast (for them being the third important, after Easter and Christmas, holiday) was acknowledged in <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pylyp_Orlyk" title="Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk">Pylyp Orlyk Constitution</a>, where Christmas, Easter and 'Pokrova' were set to be the three designated annual days of convention by the supreme cossack council that was supposed to rule the country. The tradition was referred to again in XX century, when the founding of <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">the Ukrainian Insurgent Army</a> was attributed (although retrospectively and probably inaccurately) to October 14, 1942. In 1990s, along with its religious meaning, the Pokrova Feast Day was also commemorated popularly as Ukrainian Cossack Day (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="uk:День Українського козацтва">День Українського козацтва</a></span>); then officially <a href="/wiki/Promulgation" title="Promulgation">promulgated</a> as such by decree of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">Ukrainian President</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-zakon_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zakon-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, on October 14, 2014, another President decree (approved by the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian parliament">Ukrainian parliament</a> on March 5, 2015) promoted the day to the new public holiday "<a href="/wiki/Defenders_Day_(Ukraine)" title="Defenders Day (Ukraine)">Defenders of Ukraine Day</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: День захи́сника́ Украї́ни, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>:</small> <i>Den zakhysnyka Ukrainy</i>), to replace the former "<a href="/wiki/Defender_of_the_Fatherland_Day" title="Defender of the Fatherland Day">Defender of the Fatherland Day</a>" inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Lady of Intercession</a> is regarded as a holy defender of both the Ukrainian nation at large and of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Armed Forces of Ukraine">Armed Forces of Ukraine</a>. </p><p>Some, but not all, regions of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a> celebrate the Feast of Intercession as a work holiday. </p><p>It is not a part of the ritual traditions of, and therefore is not celebrated by, the <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Churches" title="Oriental Orthodox Churches">Oriental Orthodox Churches</a> or some jurisdictions that allow <a href="/wiki/Western_Rite_Orthodoxy" title="Western Rite Orthodoxy">Western Rite Orthodoxy</a>. Yet the feast is perfectly consistent with the theology of these sister churches. The Western Rite Communities of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) do celebrate this feast on their calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-transf_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transf-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>October 1 (in the Julian calendar) is also the feast of St. <a href="/wiki/Romanus_the_Melodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanus the Melodist">Romanus the Melodist</a>, so he is often depicted on the same icon, even though he and St. Andrew lived at different times. He is often shown directly below the Virgin Mary, standing on a <a href="/wiki/Bema#Christianity" title="Bema">bema</a>, or on a <a href="/wiki/Kathedra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathedra">kathedra</a>, chanting from a scroll.<sup id="cite_ref-Neil_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scroll represents the various <a href="/wiki/Kontakion" title="Kontakion">kontakia</a> which have been attributed to him. </p><p>The feast day of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew of Constantinople">St. Andrew, the Fool-for-Christ</a>, falls on the following day, October 2 (in accordance with the Orthodox liturgical tradition of the <a href="/wiki/Synaxis" title="Synaxis">Synaxis</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Churches_dedicated_to_the_Intercession">Churches dedicated to the Intercession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intercession_of_the_Theotokos&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Churches dedicated to the Intercession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Churches with that name are numerous in the East Slavic Orthodoxy. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%86%D1%96.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%86%D1%96.jpg/340px-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%86%D1%96.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4749" data-file-height="3083" /></a><figcaption>Pokrova Church in Sutkivtsi</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_-_%D0%86%D0%9A%D0%9A_%22%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%87%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_-_%D0%86%D0%9A%D0%9A_%22%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%87%22.jpg/340px-%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_-_%D0%86%D0%9A%D0%9A_%22%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%87%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sich" title="Sich">Sich</a> Pokrova Church on <a href="/wiki/Khortytsia" title="Khortytsia">Khortytsia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, the oldest church dedicated to Pokrova is considered to be <a href="/w/index.php?title=Svyato-Pokrovska_Church_in_Sutkivtsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Svyato-Pokrovska Church in Sutkivtsi (page does not exist)">Svyato-Pokrovska Church in Sutkivtsi</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_(%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%86%D1%96)" class="extiw" title="uk:Свято-Покровська церква (Сутківці)">uk</a>]</span>, built in 1476 to also serve as a fortress. The timber <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sich_Pokrova_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sich Pokrova Church (page does not exist)">Sich Pokrova Church</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%97_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%96_(%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8F)" class="extiw" title="uk:Церква Покрови Пресвятої Богородиці (Хортиця)">uk</a>]</span> on <a href="/wiki/Khortytsia" title="Khortytsia">Khortytsia</a> island nowadays is a stylization for the church thought to have existed there since 1576. Other notable examples include <a href="/wiki/Pokrovskyi_Monastery,_Kharkiv" title="Pokrovskyi Monastery, Kharkiv">Intercession Monastery Cathedral</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Svyato-Pokrovska_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Svyato-Pokrovska Church (page does not exist)">Svyato-Pokrovska Church</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="uk:Свято-Покровська Подільська церква">uk</a>]</span> in <a href="/wiki/Podil" title="Podil">Podil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pokrova_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pokrova Cathedral (page does not exist)">Pokrova Cathedral</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_(%D0%9E%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0)" class="extiw" title="uk:Покровський собор (Охтирка)">uk</a>]</span> in <a href="/wiki/Okhtyrka" title="Okhtyrka">Okhtyrka</a>, all or them built in the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Baroque" title="Ukrainian Baroque">Cossack Baroque</a> style, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Svyato-Pokrovska_Church_in_Plishyvets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Svyato-Pokrovska Church in Plishyvets (page does not exist)">Svyato-Pokrovska Church in Plishyvets</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_(%D0%9F%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C)" class="extiw" title="uk:Свято-Покровська церква (Плішивець)">uk</a>]</span>, in <a href="/wiki/Baroque_Revival_architecture" title="Baroque Revival architecture">Neo-Baroque</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sobor.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Sobor.JPG/170px-Sobor.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Sobor.JPG/255px-Sobor.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Sobor.JPG/340px-Sobor.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Pokrov Cathedral on the Moat, better known as <a href="/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral" title="Saint Basil's Cathedral">Saint Basil's Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Probably the most famous <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> church named for Pokrov is <a href="/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral" title="Saint Basil's Cathedral">Saint Basil's Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_Square" title="Red Square">Red Square</a>, Moscow, which is officially entitled "the Church of Intercession of Our Lady that Is on the Moat" (Russian: <span lang="ru">Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву</span>) or shortly "Intercession Cathedral upon moat" (Russian: <span lang="ru">Храм Покрова "на рву"</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other one is the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Intercession_on_the_Nerl" title="Church of the Intercession on the Nerl">Church of Intercession</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bogolyubovo,_Vladimir_Oblast" title="Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Oblast">Bogolyubovo</a> near <a href="/wiki/Vladimir,_Russia" title="Vladimir, Russia">Vladimir</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Nerl_River_(Klyazma)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nerl River (Klyazma)">Nerl River</a> (Russian: <span lang="ru">Церковь Покрова на Нерли</span>, <i>Tserkov Pokrova na Nerli</i>). Both churches are on the United Nations' <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_List" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage List">World Heritage List</a>, the latter as part of the site <a href="/wiki/White_Monuments_of_Vladimir_and_Suzdal" title="White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal">White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal</a>. There is also a Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petersburg">St. Petersburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other notable churches commemorating this feast are Intercession of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church in <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester, England">Manchester</a>, England,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Russian Orthodox Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin & <a href="/wiki/St._Sergius" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Sergius">St. Sergius</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glen_Cove,_New_York" title="Glen Cove, New York">Glen Cove, New York</a>. </p><p>In north Wales there is the Church of the Holy Protection (Eglwys yr Amddiffyniad Sanctaidd) at 10 Manod Road, Blaenau Ffestiniog, where the liturgy is celebrated partly in Welsh, also English, Greek, and Church Slavonic. The church, under Igoumen Deiniol, is under the omophor of the diocese of Sourozh of the Moscow Patriarchate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intercession_of_the_Theotokos&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blachernitissa" title="Blachernitissa">Blachernitissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_of_Mercy" title="Virgin of Mercy">Western <i>Mater Misericordia</i> imagery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Protecting_Veil" title="The Protecting Veil">The Protecting Veil</a>, a musical work by <a href="/wiki/John_Tavener" title="John Tavener">John Tavener</a>, inspired by the Orthodox feast</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intercession_of_the_Theotokos&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-protectionbvmsolon.com-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-protectionbvmsolon.com_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-protectionbvmsolon.com_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-protectionbvmsolon.com_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140105025240/http://protectionbvmsolon.com/">"Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary"</a>. 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