In Spain, about a million people participated in the annual pilgrimage honoring the Rocío Virgin, a Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary. They sang flamenco songs, shared homemade food and held ...

The icon was painted by Sister Souraya, a Syrian nun of the Basilian order. A third shrine emerged in October 2022 at St. John the Guardian of Our Lady in Clinton, Massachusetts.

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This icon of the Virgin Mary of Persecuted Christians was painted by Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic Sister Souraya, who resides in Lebanon. The icon is inscribed “Mother of the Persecuted” in ...

In a reproduction of a Russian icon from the Marian Library’s Eastern Church art and ephemera collection, Mary’s body lies on a bier with arms crossed. The 12 apostles surround her, and the figure of ...