Wood Plaque - Mother of God: Protectress of the Oppressed by R. Lentz

Russian Christians for centuries have called Mary the Protectress of the Oppressed. In the language of poetry she is called the gate of salvation and the ladder by which God came to earth. Jesus Christ, the God/Man, is flesh of her flesh. Traditionally she has also been seen as the mother of all Christ’s brothers and sisters, throughout the centuries and across the entire earth.