Burning Bush - 1. Burning but not burning bush in which God appeared to Moses, grazing sheep in the desert near Mount Horeb (Exodus 3.2). 2. The most important Old Testament prototype of the Virgin Mary, immaculately conceived, and bore the Son of God Jesus Christ (this epithet appears in Akafist). 3. Name of the miraculous icon of Our Lady, which is based on Old Testament prototypes of the most important incarnation of Christ. In the center of the icon is an image of the Virgin and Child (type Hodegetria "), which typically holds the number of symbolic attributes associated with the Old Testament prophecies: the mountain of the prophecies of Daniel, Jacob's Ladder, the gate of Ezekiel, etc. This image concluded in eight-pointed star, formed by two quadrangles - green and red (the color Kupina and embrace the color of its flame). Around, in turn, are the images of four Old Testament stories: Moses before the bush, Jacob's Ladder, The Gate of Ezekiel and the Tree of Jesse. Another theme of the icon - the ministry of angels and the worship of the Virgin of the heavenly powers miraculous birth of God from the Virgin - their images are in the rays of eight-pointed star, among them - angels and archangels as personifications of the elements known from the Explanatory Palei, the book of Enoch and other apocryphal writings. In general, this theme is reflected in many liturgical texts. Legend, telling about the wonders of perfect icon, failed to preserve the history of its acquisition, in Russian icon painting, she is known since the middle of the XVI century. Memory (4) 17 September.
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