The Icon of the Mother of God Zhirovitskaya appeared in 1470 in the town of Zhirovitsy in the Grodno region. In the forest that belonged to the Orthodox Lithuanian nobleman Alexander Solton, the shepherds saw an unusually bright light coming through the branches of a pear tree that stood over a stream under the mountain. The shepherds came closer and saw a small icon of the Mother of God in a radiant glow on a tree. The shepherds reverently took the icon and took it to Alexander Salton, who did not attach much importance to the message of the shepherds, but still took the icon and locked it in a casket.

The next day, Salton had visitors, and the owner wanted to show them the find. To his surprise, he did not find the icon in the casket, although he had seen it shortly before. After some time, the shepherds again found the icon in the same place and again took it to Alexander Salton. This time he treated the icon with great reverence and vowed to build a church in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos on the site of the apparition. A village soon appeared near the wooden church and a parish was formed. Around 1520, the church completely burned down, despite the efforts of the residents to extinguish the fire and save the icon. Everyone thought she was dead. But one day the peasant children, returningWhen I returned from school, I saw a wonderful vision: A Virgin of extraordinary beauty in a radiant radiance was sitting on a stone near a burned-out temple, and in Her hands was an icon that everyone thought was burned. The children did not dare to approach Her, but hurried to tell their relatives and friends about the vision. Everyone took the story of the vision for a Divine revelation and together with the priest went to the mountain. On a stone near a lighted candle stood the Zhirovitsky Icon of the Mother of God, which had not suffered at all from the fire. For a time, the icon was placed in the priest's house, and the stone was fenced. When the stone church was built, a miraculous icon was placed there.

Subsequently, a monastery appeared near the temple. His brotherhood led the struggle for Orthodoxy against the Union and Latinism. In 1609, the monastery was seized by the Uniates and remained in their hands until 1839. All this time, the Zhirovitsky Icon of the Mother of God enjoyed the veneration of both Uniates and Catholics. In 1839, the monastery was returned to the Orthodox and became the first place to restore Orthodox Worship in the Western Russian region.

During the First World War, the Zhirovitsky Icon of the Mother of God was moved to Moscow, and in the early 20s it was returned to the monastery. Now it is located in the cathedral in honor of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Zhirovitsky Monastery of the Minsk diocese and is deeply reveredthank you for her gracious help. The icon is carved on a stone measuring 43 x 56 mm.