The Forerunner. Akathist Zograf icon of the Mother of God on a wood.
The icon of the Forerunner (the Akathist Zograf Icon of the Mother of God) became famous in the Bulgarian Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos in the XIII century, during the first attempts to plant the union of the Eastern Church (the merger of the Orthodox and Catholic faiths). With rare exceptions, AthosThe monasteries rejected the union and became victims of armed attacks by its supporters.