THE SECOND SERVICE TO THE MIRACULOUS FEODOROV ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD

Kashin Dmitry V.

Metropolitan of Kostroma and Nerekhta Ferapont

Kostroma Theological Seminary, Kostroma, Russia

Email: ferapontk@ya.ru

ORCID: 0000–0003–2895–9523

Issue: № 2 (22), 2023

Pages: 60

Annotation

The article describes the history of the compilation, consideration by the Holy Synod and publication in 1778 (as well as the republication in 1848) of the liturgical sequence in honor of the main shrine of the Kostroma land — the Feodor Icon of the Mother of God. It is noted that the printed edition of this service actually meant the All–Russian glorification of the miraculous image, whereas the first service to the icon was not printed, was used locally and was preserved only in manuscripts of the XVIII–XIX centuries. The author considers the question of the authorship of the service, assesses the criticism of the traditional opinion that the compiler of the liturgical sequence was Archpriest John Krasovsky Jr. (1746–1810). The status of the celebration of the icon on March 14 (old style) is analyzed both in comparison with the tradition of honoring the historical day of the appearance of the icon in Kostroma (August 16, old style), and taking into account the special church- state significance of the day of March 14 for Kostroma and the royal House of the Romanovs. The appendix to the article publishes the full text of the service, presented in 1777 to the Holy Synod (before its reduction during consideration by the Synod), in comparison with the texts of the printed editions of 1778 and 1984.

Keywords

Russian Orthodox Church, Kostroma diocese, service, Theodore Icon of the Mother of God, Holy Synod, Bishop of Kostroma and Galich Simon, archpriest John Krasovsky

For citation

Ferapont (Kashin), metropolitan of Kostroma and Nerekhta. The second service to the miraculous Feodorov icon of the Mother of God // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2023. № . 2. Р. 60–97 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2023–2–60–97