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The Virgin and Seven Swards
The Ran Collection
This painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Seven Swards (also known as "Softening the Evil Hearts) has long known to Christians and considered as miraculous. Information about the origin of the image is very limited; it is only known that it firstly was created in 17th century, at the Northern part of Russia. The Mother of God is pierced by swords: three from the right, three on the left side, and the seventh sword is deeply in heart of the Virgin. All who pray in front of the image of Madonna feel that their hearts are getting softer, they relieve suffering, mental and physical. People also realize that when praying for their enemies, they relax their hostile relations, yielding a more generous sense of mercy.
Mary prays on the softening of evil hearts, the pacification of warring. Seven swords, including one, which is deeply in heart, symbolize the completeness of grief and heart disease, which were ground to Mary transferred to the Virgin. While the image of Mary with seven swards is well known, this exact image is also very popular among Eastern Christians.
The painting is sanctified in Gornensky (Gorny) Covenant in the Holy Land, western Jerusalem. The Covenant was founded in 1871, at the place where Mary and Elisabeth were seeing each other after the Virgin receiving the news from a divine messenger that she would bear God's Son. Shortly after Mary went to see her cousin Elizabeth, who, in her old age, became the mother of John the Baptist. Gornensky (Gorny) Covenant is The Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem, one of the most famous Christian covenants in the world.
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| Handmade, mix media on wood 3.75"x4" |
$220.00 |
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