Intercession of the Mother of God for Russian warriors in 1914. August icon of the Mother of God

The book included first-collected materials on the phenomenon of the Virgin Russian soldiers in September 1914, shortly before the August battle. They include archival documents, eyewitness certificates, photos of the preserved icons, postcards, posters with the August of the Mother of God. There are also stories and about many other cases of the intercessory of the Mother of God for Russian warriors at the fronts of the First World War (then she was named the Great, the second domestic or great domestic) Special attention is paid to testimony of warriors about the phenomenon in the sky of the Virgin under the city of Mariampole. The history of the phenomenon of the mother of the Mother of the Don Cossacks in the August forest area and the fate of the icons written on the orders of the Cossacks in memory of this miracle are described. It is shown to honor the people and this image of the Most Holy Virgin on the territory of the former Russian Empire - in Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine. For the first time, the materials of Holy Synod, which specifically considered in 1914-1916, the question of the phenomenon of the Mother of the Mother of Russia in 1914-1916 and blessed with his decision in 1916 to celebrate the Icons with the Virgin in the temples and homes of believers