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marian
anniversaries february
 February 15
Maica Domnului de la Nicula, Fizesul Gherlei, Cluj, Transylvania, Romania
On February 15, 1699, occupying Catholic soldiers from
Austria visited the Romanian Orthodox Assumption Monastery of Nicula,
where they noticed an icon of the Virgin weeping large tears. The weeping
continued until March 12, attested by many witnesses. Painted in 1681 by
the priest Luca, from nearby Iclod, the holy icon is of the hodigitria
or way-pointing type. Dressed in a red-trimmed robe and a starred red
mantle, Mary gestures toward the child in her left arm. A pilgrimage
honors the Mother of God of Nicula every August 15, the Monastery's
patronal feast day.
Sources:
 | www.romaniatravel.com |
| "Lacrimile Maicii Domnului de la
Nicula (1699-2009)," Arta-cultura, March 12, 2009, www.ziarulfaclia.ro (image) |
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Also commemorated this date:
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Madonna del Conforto, Arezzo, Toscana, Italy. Image appeared
transfigured, 1796. |
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