Our Lady the Gate of Dawn Icono-Graphic | Theotokos Crowned | Woman of the Apocalypse | Red Blue & Gold Design | Orthodox Christian Tote BagOur Lady the Gate of Dawn of Vilnius ( , Vilenska Ostrobramska) is a treasure of Lithuanian Orthodoxy, shared with and venerated by Catholics as well due to the intertwined histories of both churches within Lithuania. It was painted in Kerson in Crimea, then acquired by Algirdas Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (possibly as a war trophy), who then presented it to his wife Maria of Vitebsk, the only child of the Russian Prince Yaroslav of Vitebsk.

Thou didst ascend the Cross

and say to the wind

always remaining motionless

A man paralyzed for many years was brought in

"God the Word

The second watch: they were at rest

when he saw a gigantic devil standing in front of the ikon

His angels and His saints can affect our lives directly and powerfully every single day

the soul leaves without having repented completely

when it seemed that the Church was about to be dissolved into the impious Union with the Latins

- St John of Shangahi and San Francisco

ever transforming into what is greater