Troparion in Tone 4
Today, like the sun dawning over us in the air,
Thine all-honored icon enlightens the world with rays of mercy
And our land reverently receives it as a divine gift from on high,
Glorifying thee, 0 Birthgiver of God, Our Lady of Sitka,
With joy magnifying Christ our God Who was born of thee.
Pray to Him 0 Lady Mary, Queen and Theotokos
That all cities and lands be protected from the enemy,
And that they will be saved who in faith worship
His divine image in thy most pure icon
That has come to dwell with us,
O Virgin Mother, who shows us the way.

Troparion in Tone 8
Let us hasten, 0 people, to the Virgin Theotokos and Queen.
Giving thanks unto Christ our God
And gazing at her wonderworking icon
let us humbly fail down and sing to her:
O Lady Mary, thou has visited our land
through thine honorable image,
In peace and good season saving all Christians,
Showing them to be heirs of heavenly life in God.
Therefore, with faith we sing to thee, Our Lady of Sitka:
Rejoice, 0 Virgin, the Salvation of the world.

The Icon of Our Lady of Sitka is painted in the same style as the Kazan Mother of God Icon. It resides in the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael in Sitka, Alaska, and was a gift from the laborers of the Russian American Company in 1850, two years after the cathedral was built.

This Icon has been attributed to a famous Iconographer, Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1758-1826), a protégé of the Empress Catherine II who was instructed at the Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, Russia. In addition to being a great portrait painter, Borovikovsky also painted many of the Icons for the Cathedral of the Kazan Icon in Saint Petersburg.

Painted in the style of the Kazan Mother of God Icon, on canvas, the Sitka Mother of God Icon is 36 x 17½ inches in size. An exceptionally beautiful and detailed riza of silver covers the Icon of the Theotokos and Christ child, and the Image of God the Father blessing from above.

Miracles have been attributed to the Sitka Mother of God Icon over the years. It is believed that the gaze of the eyes of the Theotokos have led to the restored health of those who prayed before the Icon.

Because of the peaceful gaze of the Theotokos, the Icon has been described as a "pearl of Russian ecclesiastical art of ineffable gentleness, purity and harmony…." And "…the most beautiful face of the Mother of God with the Divine Child in her arms is so delicately and artistically done that the more one looks at it the more difficult it is to tear one’s gaze away."

Originally part of the main Iconostasis at the Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel in Sitka, Alaska, the Icon is now permanently located on the far left side of the Iconostasis in a special place of honor.