Uniquely Beautiful, Hand Painted Bulgarian Icon of the Virgin Guide, Second Half of the 20th Century. The icon is very beautiful, in very good condition and extremely detailed! The Virgin Guide or Odigirya (Odezhigria) is among the most revered icons of the Holy Mother of God. She protects home and family. The original icon is kept in the main church of the Rila Monastery "Nativity of the Virgin". The Holy Mother of God Hodigitria is one of the main icons of the Mother of God with the Child and is among the most revered icons. The Holy Virgin Hodigitria or Guide is among the most ancient ways of depicting the Virgin and Child in the Christian world. This type of icon is particularly popular in the Balkans and in Russia. The Holy Mother of God Hodigitria is a symbol of Constantinople. The Holy Mother of God is the protector of the family and the home, guardian of mothers, children and the elderly, of pregnant women and women in labor, of the spirit, faith and love in the home.