Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Feast Day: June 27 Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary as represented in a celebrated …More
Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Feast Day: June 27
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary as represented in a celebrated 15th-century Byzantine icon also associated with the same Marian apparition.
The icon originated from the Keras Kardiotissas Monastery and has been in Rome since 1499. Today it is permanently enshrined in the Church of Saint Alphonsus, where the official Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help text is prayed weekly.
On 23 June 1867, Pope Pius IX granted the image its Canonical Coronationalong with its present title. The Redemptorist Congregation of priest and brothers they are the only religious order currently entrusted by the Holy See to protect and propagate a Marian religious work of art. In the Eastern Orthodox Churchiconography, the image is known as the ”Virgin Theotokos of the Passion” due to the instruments of the Passion of Jesus Christ present on the image.
The feast day of the image is celebrated on June 27, with novena devotions held every Wednesday. Under Pope Pius XII's Pontificate, the image was designated as the national Patroness of the Republic of Haiti and Almoradi, Spain. In addition, Pope John Paul II issued a canonical coronation for a similar image in Jaworzno, Poland in 16 June 1999.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary as represented in a celebrated 15th-century Byzantine icon also associated with the same Marian apparition.
The icon originated from the Keras Kardiotissas Monastery and has been in Rome since 1499. Today it is permanently enshrined in the Church of Saint Alphonsus, where the official Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help text is prayed weekly.
On 23 June 1867, Pope Pius IX granted the image its Canonical Coronationalong with its present title. The Redemptorist Congregation of priest and brothers they are the only religious order currently entrusted by the Holy See to protect and propagate a Marian religious work of art. In the Eastern Orthodox Churchiconography, the image is known as the ”Virgin Theotokos of the Passion” due to the instruments of the Passion of Jesus Christ present on the image.
The feast day of the image is celebrated on June 27, with novena devotions held every Wednesday. Under Pope Pius XII's Pontificate, the image was designated as the national Patroness of the Republic of Haiti and Almoradi, Spain. In addition, Pope John Paul II issued a canonical coronation for a similar image in Jaworzno, Poland in 16 June 1999.
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Almost 5 years weeping icon of Virgin Theotokos of Passion (Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) in Transylvania:
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Saints of the Day:
catholicsaints.info/saint-cyril-of-alexandria/ (Optional Memorial)
catholicsaints.info/our-lady-of-perpetual-help/
Mother of God of Gietrzwald
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catholicsaints.info/saint-adeodato-of-naples/
catholicsaints.info/saint-aedh-mclugack/
catholicsaints.info/saint-anectus-of-caesarea/
catholicsaints.info/saint-arialdus-of-milan/
catholicsaints.info/saint-arianell/
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catholicsaints.info/saint-zoilus-of-cordoba/
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Emilian of Nantes
Eppo of Mallersdorf
Jean de Hecque
Maggiorino of Acqui
Walhero
catholicsaints.info/saint-cyril-of-alexandria/ (Optional Memorial)
catholicsaints.info/our-lady-of-perpetual-help/
Mother of God of Gietrzwald
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catholicsaints.info/saint-adeodato-of-naples/
catholicsaints.info/saint-aedh-mclugack/
catholicsaints.info/saint-anectus-of-caesarea/
catholicsaints.info/saint-arialdus-of-milan/
catholicsaints.info/saint-arianell/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-benvenutus-of-gubbio/
catholicsaints.info/saint-brogan-27-june/
catholicsaints.info/saint-crescens-of-galatia/
catholicsaints.info/saint-crescentius-of-mainz/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-daniel-of-schonau/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-davanza…
catholicsaints.info/saint-desideratus-of-gourdon/
catholicsaints.info/saint-dimman/
catholicsaints.info/saint-felix-of-rome-27-june/
catholicsaints.info/saint-ferdinand-of-aragon/
catholicsaints.info/saint-gudene-of-carthage/
catholicsaints.info/saint-joanna-the-myrrhbearer/
catholicsaints.info/saint-john-of-chinon/
catholicsaints.info/saint-ladislas/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-louise-…
catholicsaints.info/blessed-marguerite-bays/
catholicsaints.info/saint-sampson-o…
catholicsaints.info/saint-spinella-of-rome/
catholicsaints.info/saint-toma-toan/
catholicsaints.info/saint-zoilus-of-cordoba/
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catholicsaints.info/martyrs-killed-…
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Emilian of Nantes
Eppo of Mallersdorf
Jean de Hecque
Maggiorino of Acqui
Walhero