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The Joy of All Who Sorrow or the Joy of All Afflicted (Russian: Всех скорбящих Радость) is the name of an icon and a title given to the Theotokos (Mary, mother of Jesus). The iconography is specifically Russian, without Byzantine precedent.
The cathedral was designed by Oleg N. Ivanitsky, and features five onion domes covered in 24 carat gold leaf. [6] The "incredible beauty" of the interior, which is "lined by icons, religious paintings, and mosaics, and lit by a voluminous chandelier" can be seen only by those who attend religious services and go on visitation days.
When the word akathist is used alone, it most commonly refers to the original hymn by this name, the 6th century Akathist to the Theotokos. This hymn is often split into four parts and sung at the "Salutations to the Theotokos" service on the first four Friday evenings in Great Lent; the entire Akathist is then sung on the fifth Friday evening ...
Eastern Orthodox icon of the Praises of the Theotokos, before which the Akathist hymn to Mary may be chanted. Marian hymns are Christian songs focused on Mary, mother of Jesus. They are used in devotional and liturgical services, particularly by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. [citation ...
All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old ... "The Joy of All who Sorrow" (1863) Icon of the Mother of God. [2] [5] ...
It is dedicated to the Theotokos, Joy of All Who Sorrow, and located on Geary Boulevard in the Richmond district. In 1994, he was glorified on the 28th anniversary of his death. His incorrupt relics occupy a shrine in the cathedral's nave. His feast day is celebrated on the Saturday nearest to July 2.
Joy of all who Sorrow Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in Druskininkai, Lithuania, belonging to the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania.. It is dedicated to the icon of the Joy of All Who Sorrow. The church was built in 1865, after Druskininkai become a highly popular spa town visited by many wealthy Russians.
The Joy of All Who Sorrow Church is an Orthodox church in Koterka (a parish in Tokary), in the Siemiatycze Deanery of the Diocese of Warsaw and Bielsko of the Polish Orthodox Church. The Orthodox parish in Tokary was established no later than the 16th century; from the 17th century until 1839, it was a Uniate building.