The ''Theotokos of Tolga'' (russian: Толгская икона Божией Матери) is a

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representing the

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(''

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are " ...

'') with the infant

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Christ. The ''Theotokos of Tolga'', named after the Tolga river in

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

, is known in three copies created between the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. They were drawn in

Eleusa The Eleusa (or ''Eleousa''; el, Ἐλεούσα – ''tenderness'' or ''showing mercy'') is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the Christ Child is nestled against her cheek. In the Western Church the type is often known as ...

type. One of them, traditionally called a "Manifested" icon, was manifested to Prokhor, the Bishop of Rostov in 1314. The icon version of the end of 13th-century (''Throne icon'' or ''Tolgskaya I'') is held in the

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, while the Manifested one (also known as ''Tolgskaya II'') is in the

Tolga Monastery Tolga may refer to: People * Tolga (given name), a given name of Turkish-origin * Nazlı Tolga, a Turkish-Dutch journalist and television host Places * Tolga, Algeria, a municipality in Biskra Province, Algeria * Tolga District, a district of Bisk ...

. ''Tolgskaya III'' was created circa 1327. It is currently held in the

Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

. ''Theotokos of Tolga'' is referred to as the patroness of the Yaroslavl land.

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