«The Earthly Life of the Most Holy Mother of God…« — this is a reissue of the famous and repeatedly published description compiled by Sofia Snessoreva in 1897. The first part of the book includes both a description of the life of the Mother of God and of Jesus Christ. The author traces the main significant stages of Mary's existence from birth to death (Nativity, Annunciation, Adoration of the Magi, Flight into Egypt, events in the life of the Mother of God after the resurrection of Christ, Dormition).
The second part of the book is dedicated to the venerated miracle-working icons of the Mother of God in Orthodoxy by months and days. Other images of the Mother of God are also provided, and feasts in honor of the Mother of God are indicated. The book reproduces images of the mother of Jesus in Byzantine, Old Russian, and modern icons.
