Holy Theotokos Orthodox Shrine
"OUR
LADY OF THE LIFE-GIVING SPRING"
WELCOME
TO THE LORD'S GARDEN AND BEHOLD THE
FOUNTAIN OF OUR LADY OF THE LIFE-GIVING SPRING WHOM
THROUGH HER GRACE WAS POURED FORTH TO THE WORLD AND MAY IT ALSO BE WITH YOU.
THIS IS THE PURE WATER WHICH IS GUSHING UP TO LIFE
EVERLASTING. THIS IS THE WATER FROM
THE RIVER WHOSE STREAMS MAKE GLAD THE CITY OF GOD.
THE HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE MOST HIGH IS OUR LADY, THE VIRGIN
MARY.
THIS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE INCLUDES THE VIRGIN AND THE IMMORTAL CHRIST CHILD WITHIN
A STONE
CHALICE CONTAINING THE LIVING WATER WHICH IS THE CHRIST. THE WATER IS CONTAINED IN THE CROSS WHICH ALL WHO FOLLOW HIM
MUST BEAR AS HE DID.
THE
UNFORTUNATE AND WEARY DRINK OF THE WATER AND BECOME STRONG AND INVIGORATED.
WHAT
A WONDERFUL SIGN…
IN
THE 5TH CENTURY, IN CONSTANTINOPLE, THERE WAS A GARDEN DEDICATED TO
THE VIRGIN MOTHER OF GOD. IN THE
GARDEN WAS A SPRING LONG RENOWN FOR
MIRACLES. IN ITS HISTORY, THE
WONDROUS FOUNTAIN
HAD BEEN DESTROYED MANY TIMES AND REBUILT ON HER PERSONAL REQUEST IN ACTUAL
APPEARANCES.
IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOUNT ALL THE MIRACLES,
WHICH HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE FOUNTAIN OF THE LIFE-GIVING SPRING!
MAY
SHE BLESS US HERE AT THE LORD'S GARDEN WITH THE NEW FOUNTAIN OF THE
LIFE-GIVING SPRING!
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