November 12, the celebration of the icon of the Mother of God from Ozriansk.
Not far from Kharkiv, in the Koriazhsky Transfiguration Monastery, the miraculous image of the Mother of God from Ozriansk is kept. According to legend, the image was uncovered at the end of the 16th century near the village of Ozariani - hence the icon's name; After that, a monastery was built on this site, which was also named Ozrianskaya.
It is said that a certain Ukrainian farmer mowed the grass and cut the image of the Mother of God in half with a sickle when he realized that his act, even if not on purpose, was terrible for him and for those around him. The man picked up the two halves of the icon, placed it reverently in his prayer corner, lit a candle in front of him in the morning, and found only the icon in the cut, and in a thin section. remaining.
In 1794, the Ozrianskaya icon was transferred to the Kuriazhsky Monastery, and after its closure it was in the Church of the Intercession in Kharkiv for 8 years. At the beginning of the 19th century, the monastery was restored, and the holy icon of the Mother of God, at the request of the brothers, was returned to the monastery.
Many pilgrims from Kharkiv and the surrounding villages flocked to adore this miraculous image, and through the fervent prayers of believers, many healings of the sufferers took place.
On September 30 of every year (since 1843) the miraculous image of the Most Holy Theotokos was transported in a procession to the city of Kharkov, where it remained throughout the winter, and on April 22 it returned to the monastery in the same way.
The icon of Ozriansk was decorated with a precious robe made of red gold, made in ancient times, and painted on canvas with ancient small Russian script.
During the years of Theomachism, the Ozriansk icon of the Mother of God, considered the patroness of Kharkiv and the entire Sloboda region, was lost. Only a list survived, which was made according to all the canons of the church and has, according to the clergy, the same miraculous power as the original.