Feast of the protection of the Mother of God (Pokrov)

[Chris May]

Dear everyone,

I am what you might call a 'philorthodox' (i.e., am not Orthodox myself, but quite interested in the church). I know nothing about the feast of the Protecting Veil of the Theotokos, and wonder if anyone could tell me about it?

Thank you, Chris

[Phillip]

There are details on the history behind the Feast of the Protection at the OCA's website. You can go directly there via this link:

Protection of the Theotokos (http://www.oca.org/pages/orth_chri/Feasts-and-Saints/October/Oct-01.html#1)

Phillip

[M.C. Steenberg]

There is a beautiful icon of the Feast of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God on the website of a Russian parish bearing the Feast's name.

The icon is found here:
http://www.pomog.org/feast2.shtml

The parish also has a page of information on the Feast, with Troparion and Kontakion. This is available at:
http://www.pomog.org/feast.shtml

(Both links open a new browser window; your place here will not be lost.)

INXC,
Matthew