Korennaya Hermitage Members
See: About Korennaya Hermitage
The Monastery of the Birth of Our Lady in the Korennaya Hermitage
The monastery was opened at the decree of the Tsar Fiodor Ioannovich in 1597 and dedicated to the icon of the Sign of Our Lady of Kursk-Korennaya, which the tsar ordered returned from Moscow to the hermitage where it had been found in 1295 according to legend. Copies of the miracle-working icon were with the Russian army during military campaigns (the battle of Poltava, the battle of Borodino, the Crimean campaign). There are about 30 monks at this monastery and many more pilgrims and workers -1996
The Korennaya (Kursk Root) Hermitage Members invite you to this Holy Site.
May God Bless You on your journey and while you are visiting!
KURSK ROOT PROCESSION
Religious processions has been performed between Kursk and Korennaya since 1618.
A copy of the icon is transported from Znamensky Cathedral in the city of Kursk on the 9th Friday after the Easter and is returned after September 12th. See: Kursk Root Icon Procession
KURSK ROOT ICON
At present the Kursk Root Icon is in the Sviato-Troitkiy Temple of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (in New York, USA).
05-01-2008 - American and Russian Orthodox Clergymen Hold Joint Service in New York - Orthodox Procession Brightens New York
American and Russian Orthodox Church clergymen held a joint service at St Nicholas Cathedral in New York on Saturday. The service was led by the head of the Patriarchal parishes in the United States, Bishop Mercurius of Zaraisk, and the Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop Gabriel of Manhattan. The miracle-working Kursk-Korennaya Icon of the Sign was brought to the cathedral before the service. It was carried forth in a religious procession after the service.
Joint Easter-tide services were never held at St Nicholas Cathedral before. The service involved over 60 clerics and hundreds of Orthodox believers. For the first time, the Kursk-Korennaya Icon of the Sign, which is considered to be the guardian of the Russians abroad and a pearl of Russian cultural heritage, was used during the service, the secretary of the manager of the Patriarchal parishes in the United States, Hegumen Josef said.
As the Orthodox Church marks the first week after Easter – Bright Week - believers in New York have been celebrating the occasion with a religious procession through the streets of Manhattan. The clergy in Russia say the parade symbolizes the worldwide unification of the Orthodox faith. Many say this service is the culmination of an 80-year journey towards the worldwide unification of the Russian Orthodox Church.
