Joy of All who Sorry Icon restored to Moscow Christ the Savior Church from Patriarchal website

On November 5, 2024, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the ancient icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" was returned to the Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow and installed in its historical place. The icon arrived at the cathedral accompanied by the abbot of the Patriarchal courtyard of the Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church in Novokosyn, Moscow, archpriest Vladimir Klyuev, editor-in-chief of the "Chramozdatel" magazine, and parishioners of the church. Historical image of the archpriest Mikhail Ryazantsev of the Church of Christ the Savior . The ancient icon of the Mother of God "Joy of all who mourn" was given to the Church by Aleksey Vladimirovich Kudynov, responding to the sermon of archpriest Vladimir Klyuev about the return of holy icons saved by our ancestors during the period of the struggle for God in Russia from 1917 to 1987 from destroyed churches. A.V. Kudynov said that his grandmother Anastasia Kudynova, born in 1906, saved and preserved this image. She lived on Frunzenskaya embankment in Moscow and was a parishioner of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior until its destruction. The icon dates back to the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, written on a cypress board 57.8x47.8 cm (ground, oil). Beginning in April 2023, Archpriest Vladimir Klyuev, together with the Andrei Rublev Central Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art, conducted work on the attribution of the found icon. As a result, the coincidence of the iconography of the investigated icon and the image of "The Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"" by Fyodor Andreevich Bronnikov (1827-1902), a Russian artist, icon painter, academician of painting, was discovered. August 15 of this year The Department of Expertise and Art Studies of the Andrey Rublev Museum made conclusions regarding the time of writing and the level of iconography: "The icon "Our Lady of All Sorrowful Joys" has historical, cultural, artistic and museum significance." The icon is made in an academic manner, characteristic of the works of artists who worked on the orders of the Church. After conducting the examinations, the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was received for the transfer of the icon to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Patriarchy.ru