Icon Theotokos "Mercy"

The icon is rectangular, made of yellow metal, with a shallow recessed "ark," enameled in white, blue, yellow and green. At the center is a half-length image of the Mother of God in a tunic and maphorion. She inclines her head to the left toward the Infant Christ, whom she holds on her right arm. The Infant Christ presses his cheek to the Mother of God's cheek and embraces her neck with both arms. Beside the halos of the Mother of God and the Infant are the Church Slavonic inscriptions "MR" (Mary), "ΘU" (Mother of God), and "IC XC" (Jesus Christ). Around the perimeter of the icon is a field with a geometric ornament.

The icon was seized by the Boryspil customs post in 1992, was exhibited at the "Saved for Ukraine" exhibition at the Ukrainian National Home in Kyiv in 1994, and entered the museum's holdings by decision of the State Customs Committee of Ukraine and the National Committee for the Return of Cultural Property to Ukraine under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 1995.