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{{Interlanguage link|Holy Virgin Mary of Seven Swords|ru|Семистрельная икона}} is a Marian apparition<ref name=":0">Paraskeva Pyatnitsa / Levkievskaya E. E., Tolstaya S. M.  // Slavic Antiquities : Ethnolinguistic Dictionary: in 5 volumes  / under the general ed. N. I. Tolstoy ; Institute of Slavic Studies RAS . - <abbr>M .</abbr>  : Interd. relations , 2009. - V. 4: P (Crossing the water) - S (Sieve). - S. 631-633. - {{ISBN|5-7133-0703-4|978-5-7133-1312-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-15|title=Seven Swords Pierced the Immaculate Heart of Mary|url=https://www.ncregister.com/blog/seven-swords-pierced-the-immaculate-heart-of-mary|access-date=2023-10-20|website=NCR|language=en}}</ref>. She has seven swords sticking out of her chest.<ref name=":0" />{{Икона|название=Семистрельная икона Божией Матери|оригинал=|изображение=Семистрельныя икона с частицей by Nikolaj Velimirović.jpg|ширина=200px|подпись=|дата появления=|иконографический тип=Богоматерь без Богомладенца|место нахождения=Свято-Лазаревская церковь, Вологда|чтимые списки=|дата празднования={{СС|26|августа||13}}|Викисклад=}}

== Overview ==
'''The seven-arrow icon of the Mother of God''' is [[Icon|an icon]] of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mother of God]] revered in [[Russian Orthodox Church|the Russian Orthodox Church]] . The celebration of the icon takes place {{OldStyleDate|26|августа||13}}

The prototype of the icon comes from the Toshen Church of St. John the Theologian in the vicinity [[Vologda|of Vologda]] on the banks of the Toshni River. According to legend, the icon was found by a peasant from Kadnikovsky district, who found it in [[Bell tower|the bell tower]] of a church, where they walked on it, mistaking it for a board. The icon became especially famous in 1830, when [[cholera]] was raging in Vologda. After 1917, the icon disappeared from the Church of St. John the Theologian <ref name="Васильева">''Васильева А. В.'' [http://www.portal-slovo.ru/art/41892.php Икона Божией Матери «Семистрельная» («Умягчение злых сердец»)]. {{Wayback|url=http://www.portal-slovo.ru/art/41892.php|date=20150721024424}}.</ref> .

Currently, the icon is in the St. Lazarus Church in Vologda. The icon began to be located in this temple since 1945, after the Great Patriotic War <ref>{{Cite web|title=Икона Богородицы «Умягчение злых сердец» (Семистрельная).|url=https://azbyka.ru/days/ikona-umjagchenie-zlyh-serdec-semistrelnaja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830193312/https://azbyka.ru/days/ikona-umjagchenie-zlyh-serdec-semistrelnaja|archive-date=2022-08-30|access-date=2022-08-30}}</ref>  .

The icon has ancient origins (19th century publications indicate that it is at least 500 years old <ref>''[[Poselyanin, Evgeniy Nikolaevich|Поселянин Е. Н.]]'' [http://azbyka.ru/fiction/bogomater-opisanie-ee-zemnoj-zhizni-i-chudotvornyx-ikon/#n22 Богоматерь. Описание Её земной жизни и чудотворных икон]. {{Wayback|url=http://azbyka.ru/fiction/bogomater-opisanie-ee-zemnoj-zhizni-i-chudotvornyx-ikon/#n22|date=20150505092624}}.</ref> ). The image was painted on [[canvas]] pasted onto a board, which allows us to date it to the 18th century (it may have been made from an unknown image of the 17th century) <ref name="Васильева">''Васильева А. В.'' [http://www.portal-slovo.ru/art/41892.php Икона Божией Матери «Семистрельная» («Умягчение злых сердец»)]. {{Wayback|url=http://www.portal-slovo.ru/art/41892.php|date=20150721024424}}.</ref> . The Virgin Mary is depicted pierced by seven arrows.

The iconography is similar to the icon of the Mother of God “ [[User:Immanuelle/The Softener of Evil Hearts|Softening Evil Hearts]] ” or “Simeon’s Prophecy”, which has its own characteristics - three swords (arrows) are located to the left and right of the Mother of God and one below. Both icons are currently considered varieties of the same iconographic type <ref name="Васильева">''Васильева А. В.'' [http://www.portal-slovo.ru/art/41892.php Икона Божией Матери «Семистрельная» («Умягчение злых сердец»)]. {{Wayback|url=http://www.portal-slovo.ru/art/41892.php|date=20150721024424}}.</ref> .

Believers ask before the image for reconciliation between the warring parties and deliverance from hard-heartedness  .

== Theotokos icons of similar iconography ==

* [[User:Immanuelle/The Softener of Evil Hearts|Softening Evil Hearts]] or ''Simeon's Prophecy''
* [[:ru:Страстная_икона_Божией_Матери|Passionate icon “And a weapon will pierce your very soul”]]

== See Also ==

* {{ill|Our Lady Beneficial Sky|ru|Благодатное Небо|10=simple|11=User:Immanuelle/Mother of God “Graced of Heaven”}}
* {{ill|Unfading Flower|ru|Неувядаемый_Цвет|en|Draft:Fadeless Color|simple|User:Immanuelle/Unfading Flower}}
* {{Ill|Madonna of the Carnation|fr|La Madone à l'œillet (Léonard de Vinci)|en}}
* {{ill|Conqueror of Breads|en:Draft|Conqueror of Breads|ru|Спорительница_хлебов|10=simple|11=User:Immanuelle/Conqueror of Breads}}
* {{ill|Succor in Travail|ru|Поможение родам|en:draft|10=simple|11=User:Immanuelle/Succor in Travail}}
* {{ill|The Softener of Evil Hearts|ru|Умягчение злых сердец|en:draft|10=simple|11=User:Immanuelle/The Softener of Evil Hearts}}
* {{ill|Holy Virgin Mary of Seven Swords|simple|User:Immanuelle/Holy Virgin Mary of Seven Swords|ru|Семистрельная икона|en:draft}}

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== Notes ==

== Literature ==

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