Umfanekiso kaMama kaThixo, odweliswe kwi icon kunye neenkemba ezisixhenxe, ithandwa kakhulu phakathi kwamakholwa. Kwixesha la mandulo, inani elikhulu leengcamango malunga namandla okuphilisa lo mfanekiso ziyaziwa. Ngaloo nto, akumangalisi ukuba umthandazo kaMama kaThixo usetshenziselwa ukusibanisa kwiimeko ezinzima.
Ukuphulukiswa kokuqala kwenzeka kunye nomlimi owaziyo, ephupheni, wathi ilizwi lifumene le nto kwaye yathandaza phambi kwakhe. Kamva, uphawu lwalusindisa isixeko sonke ekufeni, kwaye kwakuku-1830 eVologda. Ngaloo xesha babe ne-bhubhane yekholera, akukho nto yanceda, de kube ixesha lesibheno kwisanta.
Le icon inomfanekiso olandelayo - uMama kaThixo odwetswe ngendwangu, ehlaba iintolo ezi-7 okanye iinkemba. Isibheno esiya kuso sifundeka kwiimeko ezininzi, umthandazo wesifo esisixhenxe usoloko unceda abo bacela. Lo mfanekiso iwadi efanelekileyo yendlu okanye umntu ovela kuyo yonke into engendawo. Ukukhusela indlu yakho kwiindwendwe ezimbi, yibeka uphawu oluphambene nomnyango wangaphambili, ukuze abone amehlo angenayo. Ngaphambi kokuba uxhomeke uphawu, funda umthandazo. Kuboniswe ukuba abantu abaneengcamango ezimbi bayayeka ukutyelela le ndawo.
Umthandazo kwiTheotokos
"Uxhalabise uMama kaThixo, Ugqithise zonke iintombi zomhlaba, ngobungqina kunye nobuninzi beentlungu, ngawe kumazwe adluliselweyo, thabatha ukububula kwethu buhlungu kwaye usisindise phantsi kwenceba yakho inceba. Awunalo uhlobo olusenyeneyo lokukhusela kunye nokubonakaliswa okufudumeleyo, kodwa, njengenkalipho kuLowo ozelwe kuwe, sincede usisindise ngemithandazo yakho, masifikelele kuBukumkani bamaZulwini ngokungenakwenzeka, kwaye kunye nabo bonke abangcwele siya kuhlabelela kuBathathu Emnye kuye ngoku naphakade, kwaye ngonaphakade naphakade. Amen. "
Umthandazo weTheotokos oyiNgcwele uphindwe kasikhombisa:
"Yenza iintliziyo zethu ezimbi. Theotokos,
yaye inzondo yabandezeli iyabuna,
kwaye sisombulule konke ukusondelana kwemiphefumlo yethu,
Ngomfanekiso wakho ongcwele ungcwele,
Ngenxa yokubandezeleka kwakho nentsilelo siyachukumiseka
kwaye amanxeba akho awanga,
Iintolo zethu, Abathuthunyiswayo, besoyika.
Musani ukusipha, uMat thekile,
ngobunzima beentliziyo kunye nobunzima bethu bamelwane ukutshabalalisa,
Unenene intliziyo engendawo. "
I-icon kaMama kaThixo ibonisa intlungu yakhe, emva kokufa kwonyana wakhe uYesu Kristu, iintolo ezazibetha zifanekisela izono zobuntu, ngenxa yokuba uKristu wabethelelwa esiphambanweni. Kuthetha ukuba ubona zonke izono emphefumlweni womntu wonke, xa emva kokuziqonda nokuvuma, abantu baphenduka ngomthandazo ukuthobisa intliziyo yeentshaba zabo, uMlamli wezulu uva njalo aze ancede amakholwa.
Iimpawu ezisixhenxe ezisekuqaleni zikaMama zikaThixo zikhumbuza umntu ngesidingo sokuba nomoya oqapheleyo kwisimo sakhe sono, sifundise ukubekezela, ukuthanda izitha. Kunceda kakhulu ukubhekisela kwi icon kwixesha elinzima, xa kuvela iingcinga emphefumlweni ngokuphindisela.