A Hodegetria (Greek: Ὁδηγήτρια, literally: “She who shows the Way”; Russian: Одигитрия), or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to…
Origin of the name: The title “Our Lady of Grace” should be understood in two respects: Mary Most Holy is the one who brings the…
Every supernatural grace coming to mankind after the Fall of Adam, flows from the bloody sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. Almighty God could have…
The miracle In the year 1486, three shoemakers lived in Verona: Guglielmo, Gianantonio and Giampietro. They all came from Novara and found work in the…
“She came” yes, but from where? (A Brief History) If so far the documents are incontrovertible, there is an oral tradition, five hundred years old,…
An extraordinary and well-documented story. “In the year 1467 of Our Lord Incarnation, during the vespers of the feast of St. Mark, the Image of…
The ancient statue of our Lady of the thirteenth century is made from a single piece of white marble. On the left cheek, she has…
St. Pothinus, the Apostle of Gaul, is said to have enshrined a picture of Our Lady in an underground chapel which is now beneath the…
On the Euganean Hills, on the outskirts of Abano Terme, there is a famous Marian shrine, which for over five centuries, following an apparition of…
