- Inexhaustible Chalice
Inexhaustible Chalice (Russian: Неупиваемая чаша, that is, "Inexaustible Cup", or "Non-intoxicating Chalice") is a Russian Marian icon which belongs to the
Orans type and is considered miracle-making.The
Russian Orthodox Church claims the icon (and the Theotokos herself) help those who suffer fromalcoholism and drug addiction [ [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/services/akathist_inexhaustible_cup.htm Orthodox Research Institute] ] . The icon first appeared in 1878 to a peasant nearSerpukhov . The original image was lost in the late 1920s, whendivine service in the churches of Serpukhov was discontinued.
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