L'icône de la Mère de Dieu "LA MOISSONNEUSE" ("SPORITIEL' NITSA KHLIEBOV") du monastère d'Optina (Russie XIXème siècle).
The Icon of the Mother of God, the "Multiplier of Wheat", was painted at the blessing of the Elder Ambrose (October 10) of the Visitation Optina wilderness monastery. St Ambrose, a great Russian ascetic of the nineteenth century, was ardent with a childlike faith towards the Mother of God. In particular, he revered all the Feastdays of the Mother of God, and on these days he redoubled his prayer. With the icon, "Multiplier of Wheat," St Ambrose blessed the Shamordino women's monastery established in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which he had founded not far from the Optina monastery.
http://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/10/15/102979-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-the-ldquomultiplier-of-wheatrdquo
On this icon, the Mother of God is depicted sitting upon the clouds, and Her hands are extended in blessing. Beneath her is a compressed field, and on it amidst the grass and flowers stand and lay sheaves of rye. Elder Ambrose himself decreed the day of celebration, October 15, and called the icon "Multiplier of Wheat", indicating by this, that the Most Holy Theotokos "is a Helper for people in their labors for the acquiring of their daily bread."
Before his blessed repose, St Ambrose ordered many copies of this icon and sent them to his spiritual children. For the Akathist to this icon, the Elder composed a particular response, "Hail, Full of Grace, the Lord is with You! Grant unto us unworthy ones the dew of Your grace and the showing forth of Your mercy!"
St Ambrose's burial took place on October 15, the Feastday of the icon. The first miracle from the holy icon was witnessed in 1891, when throughout Russia there was a famine because of crop failure. In the Kaluga district and on the fields of the Shamordino monastery, however, grain was produced. In 1892, already after the death of St Ambrose, his attendant John Cherepanov sent a copy of the icon to the Pyatnitsa women's monastery in Voronezh district. In this locale there was a threat of drought and famine, but soon after a Molieben was celebrated before the icon "The Multiplier of Wheat", rain fell and ended the drought.
http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/10/icon-of-mother-of-god-multiplier-of.html
http://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/10/15/102979-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-the-ldquomultiplier-of-wheatrdquo
On this icon, the Mother of God is depicted sitting upon the clouds, and Her hands are extended in blessing. Beneath her is a compressed field, and on it amidst the grass and flowers stand and lay sheaves of rye. Elder Ambrose himself decreed the day of celebration, October 15, and called the icon "Multiplier of Wheat", indicating by this, that the Most Holy Theotokos "is a Helper for people in their labors for the acquiring of their daily bread."
Before his blessed repose, St Ambrose ordered many copies of this icon and sent them to his spiritual children. For the Akathist to this icon, the Elder composed a particular response, "Hail, Full of Grace, the Lord is with You! Grant unto us unworthy ones the dew of Your grace and the showing forth of Your mercy!"
St Ambrose's burial took place on October 15, the Feastday of the icon. The first miracle from the holy icon was witnessed in 1891, when throughout Russia there was a famine because of crop failure. In the Kaluga district and on the fields of the Shamordino monastery, however, grain was produced. In 1892, already after the death of St Ambrose, his attendant John Cherepanov sent a copy of the icon to the Pyatnitsa women's monastery in Voronezh district. In this locale there was a threat of drought and famine, but soon after a Molieben was celebrated before the icon "The Multiplier of Wheat", rain fell and ended the drought.
http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/10/icon-of-mother-of-god-multiplier-of.html
L'icona della Madre del Dio, del molto grano è stata dipinta e benedetta dal Santo Starez Ambrogio, Gheron (memoria il 10 ottobre) del monastero di Optina, Con questa icona ,San Ambrogio ha benedetto il monastero femminile di Shamordino dedicato all'icona della Santa madre di Dio di Kazan , che aveva fondato non lontano dal monastero di Optina..
L icona dal molto grano rappresenta la Madre di Dio seduta sulle nubi,come in un trono e le braccia estese in segno di benedizione e protezione . Sotto lei è un campo di grano con dei covoni accatastati . Lo stesso Gheron Ambrogio ha decretato il giorno della celebrazione, il 15 ottobre ed ha denominato l'icona del molto grano In quanto la madre di Dio assiste ed aiuta il suo popolo nei lavori dei campi e nella raccolta del grano.
Ambrogio morì il 15 ottobre, sinassi dell'icona. Il primo miracolo della santa icona è stato testimoniato in 1891, quando in Russia imperversava una terribile carestia. Nel distretto di Kaluga e sui campi del monastero di Shamordino, tuttavia, il grano fu raccolto, grazie all intercessione della Madre di Dio. In 1892, già dopo la morte dello Starez Ambrogio , il suo aiutante Giovanni Cherepanov inviò una copia dell'icona al monastero femminile di Pyatnitsa nel distretto di Voronezh.. Questa regione era minacciata della siccità che durava da mesi e della carestia, ma dopo che un Molieben fu celebrato davanti alla santa icona del tanto grano la pioggia incominciò a cadere e la carestia fu scongiurata.
