FAMOUS IKON IN LONDON.
One of the most venerated treasures of the Russian Church, the ikon, or sacred picture, of " Our J.ady of the Sign," figured in a special tervice at the Russian Church of St. PhJip, Buck-, ingham Palace.Road, London, lately. It is a painting of the.-/ Virgin and Child on wood, surrounded by pearls,' gold, and precious stones, aid is said to have been found beside a trook wher« tho Virgin Mary herself made an appearance. The late Czarina bull) a churcb to shelter it. _ : . j Prince Vladimir Galitzine stated that since the Russian revolutioi the ikon had been kept in Jugo-Slav-ic, but every year it is taken by a bishop to exiled Russians in all the capitals o: Europe.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21118, 27 February 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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