The Image (the Holy Face) was put up as an emblem of the Russian armies, defending them from the enemy; and in the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] there is a pious custom that before entering a church, the faithful read together the prayers and the Troparion to the Image Not-Made-By-Hands.

==Hymns==

Troparion ([[Tone]] 2) [http://www.oca.org/FSTropars.asp?SID=13&ID=102304]

:But divinely wrought in Your ineffable and divine dispensation towards us,

:We honor it with veneration!

==External links==

*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102304 Translation of the Image "Not-Made-By-Hands" of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople] the Third "Feast of the Savior in August" – [[OCA]] website.

*[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=167 Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ] - [[GOARCH]] website.

*[http://www.dosoca.org/article.php?id=33 Icon Not-Made-By-Hands]

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