They tried to ship the ancient

icon

"The Mother of God of Tikhvinsk" of the famous Borisov icon-painting industry from Ukraine to the USA.

Customs officials detected an attempt at illegal forwarding in an international postal shipment.  

This is reported on the Facebook page of Kyiv Customs.  

"An icon with signs of antiquity was discovered by customs officials during customs control of a shipment headed from Ukraine to the United States. The sender from the Ukrainian city of Pokrov declared the shrine as "accessories" worth UAH 1,400," the message says.

Experts from the National Art Museum of Ukraine determined that the icon discovered by customs officials has cultural and historical value.

"This "Theotokos of Tykhvinska" was made by masters of the large-scale Borysivka icon-painting industry of Slobozhanshchyna, which is now considered a historical and cultural phenomenon. Such an image of the Mother of God was a kind of business card of the Ukrainian Borysivka (now the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation)," experts said.    

We will remind you that

in the church in Volyn, an icon of the 18th century was found, which was hidden in sheets in a closet.

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