The Unfading Rose ~ Rodon to Amaranton

The Unfading Rose or Rodon to Amaranton (Greek) is an icon of the Mother of God, holding and offering a rose to Jesus Christ.

According to tradition, the rose is the Mother of God’s virginity and purity offered to her Son.

The time of the appearance of this original miracle-working icon in Russia is unknown. Its name, 'The Unfading Rose', is related with hymns dedicated to the Mother of God.

The miraculous icons of this iconographic type were locally revered and were popular over the area from the Perm Gubernia in the Urals to the Poltava Gubernia in the Ukraine. They have healed a great number of sick people.

The feast day for the icon, The Unfading Rose, is celebrated on April 3.

Painted with egg tempera with 23kt gold leaf on a gessoed panel.

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