The Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, which has been available for veneration at various churches and monasteries, was at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary yesterday. The interesting thing about this particular icon is that it has been miraculously streaming myrrh since 2007.
I, along with another seminarian, went to St. Vladimir's in order to venerate it, and although we only stayed for a little while, our time of prayer and veneration was very solemn and edifying. As we were leaving the seminary chapel with the scent of myrrh still in our noses, we both agreed that it was a gratifying time of rest within the middle of our day.
We received small cards which were blessed and anointed with myrrh from the icon, and on the back of the card was the following Troparion:
"From Thy Holy Icon, O Lady Theotokos, blessed myrrh has flowed abundantly. Thou hast thereby consoled those in exile faithful unto Thee and hast enlightened the unbelievers by Thy Son's light. Therefore, O Lady, with tears we bow down to Thee: be merciful to us in the hour of judgment, lest having received Thy mercy, we be punished as those who have been contemptuous of it, but grant us through Thy prayers to bring forth spiritual fruit and save our souls."
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