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In the clock tower of Godmother of Iviron in Moscow, that is near the Ressurrection Gates of the Kitai-gorod, in XIX century was located an ancient icon – a copy of Athos’ shrine.
It was miraculous, important for Moscow’s culture and for orthodox abitants of this city. Now it is considered to be lost. Arbat Fine Art Gallery found the copy of this icon, written in 1861 by icon painter Ivan Malyshev in the Monastery of The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, and sanctified on the relics of Sergius of Radonezh. This icon was replacing the original one while it was taken around Moscow to heal people.
We restored the icon, found the information on it, atribuited it, and returned it to church. Thanks to patrons, the icon today is located in the clock tower of the central square of the city of Belgorod. The gift was given to dioceses of Belgorod with the help of local entrepreneurs.
In the first years of Soviet government, the icon was taken to wood storage. It was kept by believers, from whose descendants it was bought by The Arbat Fine Art Gallery after 80 years.
