Miraculous Kursk Root Icon on Visit to Western Europe
Faithful from around Europe will make pilgrimage to venerate the miraculous Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God. Photo: orthodox-europe.org
LONDON — The Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe welcomed the miraculous Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God on Oct. 13, 2025, announcing the schedule for the most sacred icon of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) that will last until Dec. 7, 2025.
The detailed schedule of visits is available through local parishes. Faithful are encouraged to contact their parish priest directly for exact service times and opportunities to venerate the icon.
During each stop, the Kursk Root Icon will remain briefly, allowing clergy to offer home blessings upon request. Parishioners may also learn more about the icon’s history, spiritual significance, and guidance for preparing to receive its visit through their local parish.
The full schedule of cities the icon will journey or has already journeyed to, as provided by the Diocese, is listed below.
Schedule
- October 13-14 (Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God): Zurich, Switzerland (Divine services in parishes of ROCOR and the Diocese of Chersonesus)
- October 14-15: Basel, Switzerland
- October 15: Schaffhausen and Frauenfeld, Switzerland
- October 16: San Gallen, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
- October 17-18: Lucerne and Bern, Switzerland
- October 18-19: Vevey, Switzerland
- October 19-21: Lyon, France
- October 21-22: Pau, France
- October 23: Paris, France (Cathedral of the Diocese of Chersonesus)
- October 24-25: Meudon, France
- October 25-27: Luxembourg
- October 27-28: Brussels, Belgium
- October 29-30: Arnhem, Netherlands
- October 30: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- October 31 – November 1: Gibraltar
- November 1-2: Basel, Switzerland
- November 3: Monte Carlo, Monaco
- November 4: Cannes, France
- November 5-6: Menton, France
- November 6-7: San Remo, Italy
- November 7-9: Florence, Italy
- November 9 (evening): Rome, Italy
- November 10-12: Norwich, England
- November 12-13: Bury St. Edmunds, England
- November 13-14: Walsingham, England
- November 14-15: Mettingham, England
- November 15-16: Cardiff, Wales
- November 17-18: Warminster, Wessex, England and Llanelli, Wales
- November 19-21: Diocesan Clergy Pastoral Conference
- November 21-23: Geneva Cathedral, Switzerland
- November 24-25: Stradbali, Ireland
- November 25-26: Cliften, Ireland
- November 26-27: Belfast, Northern Ireland
- November 27: Pilgrimage with the icon to the places of locally venerated saints in Northern Ireland
- November 28-30: Wallasey, England
- November 30 - December 1: Bourneville / Birmingham, England: "Lazarika" (Serbian Diocese)
- December 1-2: Annunciation Metochion in Abingdon
- December 2: Oxford, England (parish of the Diocese of Sourozh)
- December 3-7: London, England
- December 3: Diocesan Cathedral, Chiswick, London
- December 4: Feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple: Diocesan Cathedral, Chiswick, London
- December 5: Visits to the London Region (morning/afternoon); Cathedral of the Serbian Diocese (evening)
- December 6: Diocesan Cathedral, Chiswick, London
- December 7: Diocesan Cathedral, Chiswick, London (morning/afternoon); Cathedral of the Diocese of Sourozh (in the evening)
Previously, UOJ reported that, with the blessing of Bsp. Irenei of London and Western Europe, clergy and faithful from Geneva’s Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross went on pilgrimage to Cyprus and the Holy Land.
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