Our Lady the Gate of Dawn Icono-Graphic | Theotokos Crowned | Woman of the Apocalypse | Red Blue & Gold Design | Orthodox Christian HoodieOur Lady the Gate of Dawn of Vilnius ( , Vilenska Ostrobramska) is a treasure of Lithuanian Orthodoxy, shared with and venerated by Catholics as well due to the intertwined histories of both churches within Lithuania. It was painted in Kerson in Crimea, then acquired by Algirdas Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (possibly as a war trophy), who then presented it to his wife Maria of Vitebsk, the only child of the Russian Prince Yaroslav of Vitebsk.

and having in two or three words implanted a saving doctrine…

From what gates

When the Son of Man comes in his glory

Every sin is a transgression of God's will

but she died when the future martyr was just a young child

my head bent

didst thou not sow good seed in thy field

And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you

[a]if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it

not a true Orthodox icon

which endure not after death

Macarius of Optina