October 14, 2025 (which corresponds to October 1 according to the Julian calendar) the Orthodox Church celebrates Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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On this day, believers retrieve the miraculous quality of the Mother of God to those praying successful the Blachernae Church successful Constantinople successful 910, when Saint Andrew the Fool and his disciple Epiphanius had a vision of the Intercession of the Mother of God.
According to some sources, Constantinople was besieged by Muslim Saracens, according to others – by the Rus (supporters of this version bespeak that the lawsuit could person occurred successful 860).
During the all-night vigil, the beatified fool Andrew saw the Mother of God walking done the air, illuminated by airy and surrounded by angels and saints. At archetypal She prayed with tears for the Christians, and then she took disconnected the veil from Her caput and spread it implicit the radical praying successful the temple, protecting them from enemies visible and invisible.
A miraculous screen protected the city. The storm that arose scattered the ships of the enemies, redeeming the inhabitants of Constantinople from death.
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