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It is also known as the feast of the '''Virgin Mary's Cerement'''. In most Slavic languages the word "cerement" has a dual meaning of "veil" and "protection." The Russian word ''Pokrov'' (Покров), like the Greek ''Skepi'' (Σκέπη), has a complex meaning. First of all, it refers to a cloak or shroud, but it also means protection or intercession. For this reason, the name of the feast is variously translated as the '''Veil of Our Lady''', the '''Protecting Veil of the Theotokos''', the '''Protection of the Theotokos''', or the '''Intercession of the Theotokos'''.
==The feastSemnificaţie==The feast day celebrates the appearance of the Prăznurirea celebrează apariţia [[Mother of GodMaicii Domnului]] at în Vlaherne (Blachernae (Vlaherna) in the tenth centuryîn secolului al zecelea. At the end of StLa sfârşitul vieţii Sf. [[Andrew the Fool-for-Christ|Andrei]] Yurodivyi (Andrew of ConstantinopleAndrei de Constantinopol) [[Fool-for-Christ|Yurodivyi]]'s life, heacesta şi ucenicul său, with his [[disciple]] StSf. Epiphanius, and a group of peopleşi un grup de oameni, saw the Mother of Godau văzut pe Maica Domnului, StSf. [[John the Baptist]], and several other [[saints]] and [[angels]] during a vigil in the Church of BlachernaeIoan Botezătorul, nearby the city gatesşi alţi câţiva sfinţi şi îngeri în timpul unei slujbe în Biserica din Vlaherne. The Blachernae Palace church was where several of her [[relics]] were kept. The relics were her robe, veil, and part of her belt that had been transferred from Palestine during the fifth century.
The Theotokos approached the center of the church, knelt down and remained in [[prayer]] for a long time. Her face was drowned in tears. Then she took her veil (cerement) off and spread it over the people as a sign of protection. During the time, the people in the city were threatened by a barbarian invasion. After the appearance of the Mother of God, the danger was averted and the city was spared from bloodshed and suffering.
