An icon created in Ukraine during the height of the conflict has been solemnly blessed at a UK cathedral after making a perilous journey out of the country. The icon was made and brought to the UK after being commissioned by the Catholic Military Association (CMA).
The icon of Our Lady of Victories was blessed on 7 October at St Michael and St George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Aldershot, Hampshire. The devotional artwork, which depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, was commissioned by the CMA – which supports Catholics in the UK Armed Forces, as well as their families and Catholic veterans –with financial support from the Catenians, the international organisation of Catholic laymen.
