SOURCES ON THE ATSKUR MIRACLE-WORKING ICON OF THE THEOTOKOS
This article provides information on the veneration in the Georgian Church of the Atskur icon of the Theotokos. According to Georgian manuscripts of the 11th century, its apparition in Ancient Georgia was linked to the name of St Andrew the First-Called, who proclaimed the Gospel truth in that area as early as in the ﬁrst century AD. Ancient Georgian sources indicate that the Atskur icon of the Mother of God has an axeiropoietos origin, and it was delivered to Ancient Georgia by St Andrew.