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[[Image:AssuageMySorrows02.JPG|right|thumbnail|Mother of God Assuage My Sorrows (Russian version)]]
[[Image:AssuageMySorrows.JPG|right|thumbnail|Mother of God Assuage My Sorrows (Greek version)]]
'''Assuage My Sorrows''' is the name of a wonderworking [[icon]] known as the '''Mother of God, Assuage My Sorrows''' and is treasured in the St. Nicholas Odrino Monastery in the Orel Diocese, Karachev district. The Mother of God is depicted with a hand bending toward her head and with the Child holding a scroll in both hands directly sitting on her left hand. On the scroll are the words "Judge righteously; each show mercy to one another; do not offend widows and orphans, and do not keep malice in your heart towards your brother." <ref> There is a special "Service with Akathistos to the All-Holy Theotokos, Assuage My Sorrow", a publication of the Kievan Monastery of the Caves printing house, 1888. (See Sobranie mneniy i otziv [Collection of Opinions and Responses], Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow, vol. V., pages 391-4, about the first edition of this service)</ref>. This icon is commemorated [[January 25]] ([[February 8]] by the NC) and on [[October 9]].
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