A PROCESSION WITH THE JERUSALEM ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE MOSCOW PROVINCE. A CENTURY-OLD TRADITION AND PROHIBITION IN THE 1920 S
The article examines the circumstances of the prohibition in the 1920s of the traditional Eastern Moscow region procession with the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, especially revered here. It is noted that the Jerusalem image for centuries protected the cities and villages of the eastern counties of the Moscow province from epidemiological diseases, as a result of which the ban of the authorities was perceived by local residents painfully. The article shows that the issue of the procession with the Jerusalem Icon in the Bronnitsky district was discussed at the highest state level in the late 1920 s. the pious tradition was interrupted for several decades.