Although the origin of this icon is unknown, it was revealed in 1844 in the Ordin monastery in the Orlov diocese in the town of Nikolaevsky in Russia. It was in a remote chapel and from effects of time, it had gathered dust and become dark with age. The image was hardly discernible. A merchant woman named Pochepina brought her son to the monastery. He was afflicted with seizures, and the doctors were unable to help. She somehow knew of the icon and asked for a molieben to be served before it for the health of her son. He was completely healed, and soon thereafter the icon became known as a miracle-working icon. There are several accounts of miracles: In the city of Orel, in 1844, a cholera epidemic broke out. The people that went to the monastery and prayed before this icon were healed. And the city was saved from the plague when the icon was carried to the city. A woman in Moscow was healed from a spinal cord affliction in 1847. Also, that same year, it began to weep oil that was taken by the faithful for healing. There are copies that have found their way outside of Russia; one is at Mt. Athos, and a copy from there went to the Chinese mission in Shanghai. There a cathedral was begun that was dedicated to the icon. It was the late St. John of San Francisco and Shanghai who completed it.