Of God Of Mercy Mother Of God

Of God of mercy the mother of God icon is located on the city gates of Vilnius (Spicy brown) and is revered as the Catholics and the Orthodox. Considered one of the main Christian shrines of Vilnius and Lithuania. A rare type of image of the virgin without the child in arms, probably created in the second half of the XVI century. In the lower part of the image shows the Crescent moon on his head two crowns: the Baroque crown of the Queen of Heaven, rocaille Curling crown of the Queen of Poland. The stars in the sky - symbols of the Holy spirit, divine energy, which makes the miracle of the incarnation of the Godhead in man. And the blue color of the sky was the color of the virgin Mary, combining the earthly and the heavenly.