‼️🇷🇺☦The Protection of the Mother of God is one of the most important holidays of Rus'

▪️Blogger Olga Kasyan beautifully described the origins of the Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos.
▪️This major Christian holiday is based on the vision of Andrew the Fool in Constantinople.
▪️The Byzantine tradition became one of the most important Russian holidays, which led, among other things, to the construction of the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl during the reign of Andrei Bogolyubsky.
▪️Interestingly, on the Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in 1653, Moscow decided to reunite Ukraine with Rus'.
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