Friday, November 5, 2010
On Friday evening, November 5th, the miraculous Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon of the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary visited Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral in New York City. Over 200 faithful gathered around His Grace, Bishop +Michael, and several priests and deacons in a service of prayer followed by the veneration of the icon.
Our Diocese was blessed by the presence of the miraculous Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from Hawaii. In June of 2008, the Holy Myrrh-streaming "Hawaiian" Iveron Icon was officially recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia as miraculous and genuine, and given the blessing to travel to the various churches and monasteries of Holy Orthodoxy. The miracle-working icon of the Mother of God continues to stream to this day.
Prior to the service and veneration at Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral in New York City, the icon had visited Saints Peter and Paul Church in South River NJ on Monday, November 1st.
The icon's visit to the Diocese of New York and New Jersey was made possible through the kindness and generosity of the Russian Orthodox Church. Escorting the Iveron Icon is the Reader Nectarios from Hawaii, who is the caretaker of the holy icon for the Russian Orthodox Church.