Feast Day: Bright Friday
Troparion: O Victorious Leader, who has chosen the mountain of Pochaev as your habitation, we, your servants, sing our grateful thanks and praise to you, O Theotokos; for you have glorified this Godly place from of old by the appearance of the Healing power of your footprint and your Wonderworking Image. As you once preserved your habitation from the invasion of infidels, set us free from every calamity and invasion, so that always preserved through your help, we may sing from the depths of our Souls: “Rejoice, O Praise of Pochaev, our hope and consolation.”
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In the year 1340, two Monks came and settled in a cave on the hill where the Monastery is now located. After reading his usual Prayer Rule, one of them went to the top of the hill, and suddenly he beheld the Theotokos standing on a rock and enveloped in flames. He summoned the other Monk, who also witnessed the Miracle. A third witness of the vision was the shepherd John Bosoy. He ran to the hill, and the three of them Glorified God. The Most Holy Theotokos left the imprint of her right foot on the stone where she had stood, and this filled up with water. Since that time, many people have been healed at this miraculous spring.
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