There are votive offerings on both sides of the sacred painting of BV Mary.
The tradition of votive offerings is very vivid among Roman Catholics in Poland and Orthodox Christians.
In the Roman Catholic Church, offerings were made either to fulfill a vow made to God for deliverance, or a thing left to a Church in gratitude for some favor that was granted.
Today, votives can be lit votive candles, offered flowers, statues, necklaces made of precious stones and monetary donations.
Traditional special forms of votive offering ex votos include small silver models of the afflicted part of the body.