On this day, we commemorate the Translation of the Icon of our Lord. The Icon of our Lord is the “Image Not-Made-By-Hands.” It is one of the earliest icons witnessed by the Church. It is also called the Third Feast-of-the-Savior in August. The Transfer of the Icon of our Lord Jesus Christ Not-Made-by-Hands was in the year 944 from Edessa to Constantinople.
The Gospel Reading for this feast is Luke 9: 51-56 and 10: 22-24, in which there was Samaritan opposition to Jesus and reads as follows: “51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.” Luke 10: 22-24, is as follows: “22 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” 23 Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” (from Bible GateWay).
