Our Lady the Gate of Dawn Icono-Graphic | Theotokos Crowned | Woman of the Apocalypse | Red Blue & Gold Design | Orthodox Christian Black MugOur 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.

Cover me all in all with my five senses

saved by Thy sufferings

Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul

By this you prepared a place for Me in your heart

man in Heaven

* “From the days of John the Baptist until now

Why ‘at midnight’

And in this sense there is but one age

Your soul is like a cistern full of water

Put on the full armor of God

This event was recorded by the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council in 325

or as a thief