Sts Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Institute
4 Dec 09: Myrrh-Streaming Icon of the Mother of God, “Softening of Evil Hearts”, to visit Australia from Tuesday, 8th of December
The Myrrh-Streaming “Softening of Evil Hearts” Icon of the Mother of God from Russia will visit Australia from Tuesday the 8th of December for about three weeks.
Since this icon from the Bogolubsky Cathedral in Pushkino began streaming myrrh thousands of faithful have venerated it. The Rector of the Bogolubsky Cathedral remarks that: “All who pray before the Icon will feel a softening of the heart… If you pray for your enemies before it, their hostile thoughts will depart, leaving in their place a feeling of mercy.” Parishioners in Pushkino have witnessed not only cures from evil and envy, but healing of the body as well.
The icon originally began to stream myrrh in a Moscow apartment when, in 1998, this otherwise regular image was placed on the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow. Myrrh also streamed very strongly from the icon at the Local Council of Bishops in 2009, during the election of Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and All Russia.
Initial Schedule for the Myrrh-Streaming “Softening of Evil Hearts” Icon of the Mother of God:
Tuesday, 8 Dec, 12 noon – Moleben at the Church of All Russian Saints, Croydon.
Tuesday, 8 Dec, 6 pm – Akathist at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Strathfield.
The subsequent schedule will soon be confirmed, initial plans are that:
In the first week – The Myrrh-Streaming Icon will visit the parishes of the Sydney region.
Next two weeks – The Myrrh-Streaming Icon will visit the other parishes of the Australian and New Zealand Diocese.