🇦🇺AussieCossack🇷🇺 on Telegram: “❗️Today, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates…”

❗️Today, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of the Image Not Made by Hands of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

According to tradition, Abgar, the king of Edessa, who was suffering from an illness, was healed after the Lord, wiping His face with a cloth, miraculously imprinted His image on it. Later, when Edessa was besieged by enemies, a procession carrying this sacred image turned them back. Thus, the Image Not Made by Hands became revered as a protector from enemies and a patron of Christian warriors.

This image gained particular veneration in Russia. It is known that the favorite icon of Emperor Peter the Great was the Image Not Made by Hands, which he carried with him both during the founding of St. Petersburg and in the Battle of Poltava.

And even today, we see this image on the banners and insignia of our soldiers. This is not just a historical tradition. The Image Not Made by Hands is a banner under which the Russian army has always gone into battle for the truth of God.

The image of Christ on the military standard is a testimony. A testimony to the name and power by which true victory is achieved. This is a banner that reminds us that a Christian warrior is, above all, a servant of the highest Truth.

via @voennyotdel