A Russian Orthodox icon of Mother Of God Burning Bush. Color offset print on wood board. Reproduction of a late 18th century icon. Inscribed in Church Slavic, upper to the center. Unburnt Bush Icon shows a bush engulfed in flames. The Virgin, with her Child in her arms, is seen above the Bush. This image is rare. Later Icons depict an octagonal star with the Mother of God in the center with a circle of Cherubim around her. She is shown holding Jacobs Ladder, for she calls us to ascend from earth to Heaven. Sometimes the gate and the rod are depicted as symbols of the Savior, Who in Church hymns is called a rod from the root of Jesse. Russian Religious Items and Collectibles.