Description
Georgian Mother of God: a historic icon of protection and consolation
The Georgian Icon of the Mother of God belongs to a tradition carried from Orthodox Georgia into Russia during the seventeenth century. Church accounts connect the revered image with icons taken during Shah Abbas I’s invasion of Georgia and with its arrival at Krasnogorsk Monastery in 1629. Its commemoration on August 22 recalls the icon’s reception there and the growth of devotion around it.
Iconography and theological meaning
Mary holds the Christ Child in a solemn Mother-and-Child composition. The Child blesses, while Mary’s attentive gaze directs prayer toward him as the incarnate Word. The image is not a portrait of ethnic identity alone: its Georgian title preserves a history of displacement, survival, and the transmission of faith across borders.
For prayer and Christian devotion
The icon is meaningful for Georgian Orthodox families, Eastern Christians, migrants, and anyone praying for healing, protection, or perseverance after upheaval. It belongs naturally in a home icon corner, parish, chapel, or ministry serving displaced families.
Crafted on linden wood in Poland
Art Christiana makes the icon to order in Poland on a double-primed linden-wood board. The image is applied directly to the prepared surface, enhanced with decorative gold-tone schlagmetal, and protected with varnish. A certificate marked with the year of production and a hanging fixture are fitted on the reverse.