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The Smolensk ‘Hodigitria’ icon was, according to Orthodox Church tradition, painted in Antioch by the evangelist Luke (as are reportedly many others). From Antioch, the holy image was transferred to Jerusalem. From there, Eudokia, the wife of Emperor Arcadius, gave it to Pulcheria, the sister of the emperor, at Constantinople. Pulcheria had the icon put in the Blachernae Church. In 1101, Vladimir Monomach, removed it to the Cathedral of Smolensk where it acquired the name ‘Hodigitria of Smolensk.’
Source: The ‘Orthodox Christianity’ internetsite (concerning the ‘Smolensk Hodigitria’ icon).