MEASURES TO PROTECT THE FEODOROVSKAYA ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Metropolitan of Kostroma and Nerekhta Ferapont

Kashin Dmitry V.

Kostroma Diocese, Kostroma, Russia

Email: ferapontk@ya.ru

ORCID: 0000–0003–2895–9523

Issue: № 1 (33), 2026

Pages: 64

Annotation

The article describes the events related to the adoption of measures to protect the miraculous Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God in 1908–1911. It is noted that the need for such measures was prescribed by the situation in the Russian Empire at that time, when shrines were often subjected to malicious acts with the aim of stealing and even destroying them. The role of Bishop Tikhon (Vasilevsky) of Kostroma and Galich, who initiated the consideration of issues of ensuring the safety of the icon, is indicated. Archival documents are published in the appendices, including the secret circular decree of the Holy Synod No. 25 of September 18th, 1910.

Keywords

Russian Orthodox Church, Kostroma Diocese, Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, Assumption Cathedral of Kostroma, Bishop Tikhon (Vasilevsky), Kostroma Ecclesiastical Consistory, protection of shrines

For citation

Ferap ont (Kashin), metropolitan of Kostroma and Nerekhta. Measures to protect the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God in the early twentieth century // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2026. № . 1. Р. 64–86 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164– 2026–1–64–86