How Russia began to venerate its own image of the Mother of God

Almost every Russian church has a recognizable image. The Mother of God holds the infant Christ in her arms, who leans his cheek to her bowed head. Such an image is called the 'Eleusa' iconographic type or Virgin of Tenderness.

Although there are many such icons in Russia, it can be considered that their original source is one - the 'Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God'. According to legend, the first such image