uh, several decades, and as for the zhiritskaya icon of the mother of god itself , it is the smallest of all the mother of god icons known to us, you can see for yourself that it is the size, and not larger than a child’s palm. and indeed, this is a very small image of the virgin mary with jesus , only 4 by 5.5 cm. shrine icon is the patroness of belarus and is included in the list of the 100 most significant orthodox icons in the world, the amazing story of the icon and the wonderworking that began from it made the zhirovichi a place of pilgrimage, the fire-bearing icon of the mother of god now does not leave the monastery for offsite events, they always take a copy of it, but it is to her that they come to bow to the monastery and ask for the most cherished. one of the most important meanings that lies in this veneration this is the answer of the mother of god to our prayers to her addressed to this image on the icon and this answer is in numerous miracles that are recorded and in the annals of the annals of our monastery, which we still keep. these are the most diverse miracles, as