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The Myrrh-Streaming Most Holy Theotokos Icon of Hawaii Icon is going to visit Ireland on 20th November 2024

in the st. Colman Oughaval Church
(Stradbally, Co. Laois)

5pm – greetings of the Icon

7pm – Moleben and Akathist

Before and after the service, all those who wish will be able to bow down and venerate the miraculous icon.

During the service, the assembled believers will be anointed with holy myrrh emanating from the icon.

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Info about the Meeting & Moleben
How find the Church (Map)
The Story about the Hawaiian icon
News about The Icon travel in Diocese
Visitations Schedule in the Diocese
Akathist of the Iveron Icon
Gallery

The address of the Church

Russian Orthodox Church
Raheenduff
Stradbally
Co. Laois
R32 AP83

Phone / WhatsApp

+353 85 83 13962

E-mail

colmanchurch@gmail.com

Information about the meeting and Prayer Service before the miraculous Hawaiian icon in the Church of St. Colman

Date

20 November, Wednesday, 2024

Location

St. Colman’s Church in Stradbally
eircode: R32 AP83

Meeting of the Ion

5pm

Moleben Time

7pm

When should you arrive?

It is recommended to arrive at the temple much earlier , so that you have enough time, park the car, get acquainted with the temple (if you are the first time), buy candles to meet the icon. The temple is planned to be open for receiving guests from 16:00 o’clock in the afternoon. Hot tea / coffee will be provided. 

How to get to St. Colman’s Church?

Due to the fact that the temple is located outside the small town of Stradbally, the only way to get to the church is by car. Also, from nearby towns you can get there by taxi. The nearest town where buses go is Portlaoise, then by taxi.

Parking

There is a small parking lot at the church. Since a large number of people from all over Ireland are expected to meet the holy icon, it is recommended to come with friends/acquaintances together in one car.

Meeting the icon itself when it arrives at the temple

  • The icon must be greeted solemnly – we glorify the presence of the Mother of God Herself .
  • It is necessary to purchase a candle in advance from the church shop and light it upon arrival.
  • From the car, the custodian/priest will be led into the church with the icon to place the Iveron icon on the lectern for the subsequent service. We kindly ask you to greet it with reverence and dignity in relation to the shrine and the people around you.
  • One should not crowd or push to venerate the icon that will be brought into the church during the meeting; one should wait until it is placed on the lectern.
  • You need to approach the icon with dignity,
  • Women should remove lipstick from their lips before applying it.
  • The metal frame of the icon must not be opened!
  • After placing the icon on the lectern, you can bow and venerate the miraculous icon.

Veneration of the icon

  • After meeting the icon and placing the icon on the analoe, you can bow down and venerate the miraculous icon.
  • After the service there will also be an opportunity to approach the icon to venerate it.

Meal (Trapeza)

  • Before and after the service, you can drink hot tea/coffee in the refectory
  • After the prayer service, all those who wish will be able to replenish their strength in the refectory before the journey home.

Hawaii’s Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon

In June of 2008, the “Hawaiian” Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon was officially recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church as miraculous and worthy of veneration, and was given the blessing and encouragement to travel to the various churches and monasteries of Holy Orthodoxy.  The original “owner” of the Icon, Reader (now Priest) Nectarios, was charged by the Russian Orthodox Church to be Her guardian, and provide for the safety and care of this Wonderworking Icon of Christ’s Holy Church.

The “Hawaiian” Iveron Icon of the Mother of God travels and brings the Grace of God to various places. Since June of 2008, the Iveron Icon has been to over 1000 churches in North America of all (canonical) jurisdictions, and has been venerated by millions of people throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and the world.  In many cities, the holy Icon is taken from one parish to another, being venerated by all the Orthodox clergy, and helping to establish and heal relationships amongst the Orthodox faithful, and also strengthening and fostering ties between the sister parishes.  Requests have now been made for the Wonderworking Icon to be brought to Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Cyprus, South America, Europe, the Holy Land, Romania, Mount Athos, and Serbia.  When the Holy Icon was taken to the Republic of Georgia in 2014 at the request of the Catholicos-Patriarch ILIA II of Georgia, over a million faithful came to venerate the “Panagia of Hawaii.”  A number of miracles, including the healing of cancer, were reported to the Georgian Patriarchate.

A brief history of the icon

Schedule of the Icon’s Visitations in the Diocese

Continental Europe:

  • Friday, November 1: Zurich, Switzerland (17:30 Moleben in the Resurrection Parish of Korsun Diocese, concluding with procession through the city to the Diocesan Pokrov Parish for 18:30 Akathist).
  • Saturday, November 2: Bern, Switzerland (09:30 Liturgy, Holy Trinity Parish); Vevey, Switzerland (05:00 Vigil, St Barbara Parish).
  • Sunday, November 3: Geneva, Switzerland (09:00 Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, Cathedral of the Cross, with ordination).
  • Monday, November 4: Lyon, France (09:30 Liturgy; 18:00 Moleben & Akathist, both in the Parish of St John).
  • Tuesday, November 5: Lyon, France (Korsun Diocese Parish, time TBC); Menton, France (18:00 Festal Vigil, Parish ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’).
  • Wednesday, November 6: Menton, France (09:00 Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of the Altar Feast, ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’); Montecarlo, Monaco (18:00 Akathist, Parish of St Elena).
  • Thursday, November 7: Sanremo, Italy (18:00 Moleben & Akathist, Parish of Christ the Saviour & St Seraphim).
  • Friday, November 8: Sanremo, Italy (09:00 Liturgy, Parish of Christ the Saviour); Florence, Italy (18:00 Moleben & Akathist, Parish of the Nativity of Christ & St Nicholas).
  • Saturday, November 9: Brussels, Belgium (18:00 Vigil with Akathist, joint parishes gathering in the Resurrection Church).
  • Sunday, November 10: Brussels, Belgium (09:00 Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, joint parishes gathering in the Memorial Church).
  • Sunday, November 10: Meudon, France (greater Paris) (18:00 Moleben & Akathist, Resurrection Parish).

British Isles:

  • Monday, November 11: Wallasey, England (19:00 Moleben & Akathist, St Elisabeth Parish).
  • Tuesday, November 12: Wallasey, England (07:00 Liturgy, St Elisabeth Parish); Bournville / Birmingham, England (12:00 Moleben, Serbian Orthodox Parish of St Lazar); Cardiff, Wales (18:30 Moleben & Akathist, Kazan Icon Parish).
  • Wednesday, November 13: Chippenham local visits in morning; Abingdon Skete of the Annunciation (12:30 Moleben); Lincoln (19:00 Hierarchical Moleben & Akathist, Antiochian Orthodox Church of All Saints).
  • Thursday, November 14: Little Walsingham, England (12:15 Moleben, Shrine Chapel of the Life-Giving Spring); Mettingham, England (16:00 Moleben, ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Parish); Norwich, England (19:00 All-Night Vigil and Midnight Liturgy, St Alexander Nevsky Parish).
  • Friday, November 15: Bishops Stortford, for greater Cambridgeshire (11:30 Moleben); London, England (18:15 Formal Greeting of the icon in the Diocesan Cathedral, Chiswick, with Moleben & Akathist).
  • Saturday, November 16: London, England (09:00 Liturgy; 17:00 Vigil, with Greeting of icon at 16:50, both at the Diocesan Cathedral).
  • Sunday, November 17: London, England (At the Diocesan Cathedral: 08:00 English Liturgy; 10:00 Hierarchical Liturgy [with Greeting of icon at 09:45); St Leonard’s / Hastings, England (19:00 Moleben & Akathist, All-Merciful Saviour Parish).
  • Monday, November 18: Greater London / south-east of England region (morning and afternoon); Serbian Orthodox Parish, London (19:00 Moleben & Akathist, Serbian Parish in Lancaster Road).
  • Tuesday, November 19:  London, England (18:15 Hierarchical Moleben & Akathist in the Diocesan Cathedral, with bidding of farewell to the icon from Great Britain).
  • Wednesday, November 20: Stradbally, Republic of Ireland (19:00 Moleben & Akathist, St Colman Parish, jointly with parishioners from Belfast and Clifden).