The icon was
painted in 1991 for the iconostasis of one of the local churches in honor of
the Nativity of the Mother of God, which was being restored after the 30-years-long
desolation (since 1961 the building was used as the storage for manure). The
first miracle - the appearance of tears on the image - occurred during the Divine
service on December 18, 1993. By the end of the service, the tears in the eyes
of the Mother of God reached the bottom of the icon. Many miracles that occurred
by the work of this icon, including cancer healing, were thoroughly studied by
the Synodic committee. On October 4, 1994, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian
Orthodox Church chaired by Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and all Ukraine recognized
the image as the miraculous one. The icon got the name of Boyany, the place where
it revealed its miraculous power. On December 28, 1999, the Synod of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church decided to organize a convent near the church of the
Nativity of the Mother of God.
Nowadays, the
icon is kept in its original place. It is painted in oil on a wooden plate
(55x77 cm). The type of the image of the Mother of God is Odigitria. Infant Christ
sits on the left hand of the Theotokos, while with Her right hand She carries
Christ’s foot. The Divine Infant is dressed in a white chiton and an ochroid
himation. He gives blessing with his right hand; His left hand lies on the orb.
The icon is decorated with a silver cover, which was created in 1994, and with
numerous donations of faithful people.
Since 1995, the
day before its feast day (on September 24), an annual procession, traditionally led
by the reigning hierarch, goes from Chernovtsy to Boyany (about 17 km) to
venerate the icon. By the year 2003, about 2 million pilgrims have visited this place.
The icon is often brought to other churches all over Ukraine so that people can
venerate it. The akathist to the icon
was written in 1995 in Romanian language by Fr. Adrian Akostakia. Later, in
1997, it was written in Church Slavonic language by metropolitan Onuphrius (Berezovsky).
In 1998, on the
2nd floor of one of the convent’s buildings, a chapel was consecrated
in honor of the icon of the Mother of God of Boyany. On the left wall of the chapel,
there is a copy of the miraculous image, painted in oils.
Source: https://azbyka.ru/days/ikona-bojanskaja-bojanovskaja
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