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The Intercession of the Theotokos, or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, is a feast of the Mother of God celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches. The feast celebrates the protection afforded the faithful through the intercessions of the Theotokos (lit. Mother of God, the Eastern title of the Virgin Mary). In the Slavic Orthodox Churches it is celebrated as the most important solemnity besides the Twelve Great Feasts and Pascha. The feast is commemorated in Eastern Orthodoxy as a whole, but by no means as fervently as it is in Russia , Belarus and Ukraine . It is not a part of the ritual traditions of, and therefore is not celebrated by, the Oriental Orthodox Churches or some jurisdictions that allow Western Rite Orthodoxy. Yet the feast is perfectly consistent with the theology of these sister churches. It is celebrated on October 14 (OS October 1). The Western Rite Communities of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) do celebrate this feast on their calendar.
References
- "Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary". Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church. http://www.protectionbvmsolon.com/.
- Demchinsky, Sterling. "Icons of the Theotokos (Bohoroditsia)". Ukrainian Churches of Canada. http://www.ukrainianchurchesofcanada.ca/iconography/uf_Theotokos.html.
- Neil K. Moran; Singers in Late Byzantine and Slavonic Painting, p. 126ff, Brill, 1986, ISBN:90-04-07809-6 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3dcUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA128&dq=pokrov+icon&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1N6OmsFbF6o5ogi4_a8vX4AJEBCA#PPA126,M1
- "Protection of the Holy Virgin", Tranfiguration of Our Laord Russian Orthodox Church, Baltimore, Maryland http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/library_en/moth_protection.html
- "Feast of Intercession Celebrated in Ukraine as Religious and National Holiday". RISU - Religious Information Service in Ukraine. 14 October 2012. http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/49887/.
- "Про День Українського козацтва Президент України; Указ від 07.08.1999 № 966/99". Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 7 August 1999. http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/966/99.
- Shvidkovsky, D. S. (2007). Russian architecture and the West. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300109122. https://books.google.com/books?id=LQy9TJ2yOQEC. p. 126.
- St. Petersburg website. Accessed February 7, 2010. http://www.saint-petersburg.com/churches/church-intercession-holy-virgin-polytechnic-institute.asp
- Pokrov Church of the Russian Orthodox church website from UK. Accessed February 7, 2010. http://www.pokrov.org.uk/
