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The pilgrimage church of the Panagia Evangelistria on the Greek island Tinos.
I want to wish all Orthodox followers of this blog a happy and blessed Easter: Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen!
Άξιον εστίν
Panagia Axion Estin, or It is Truly Meet, is the name given to the icon of Mary before which, according to tradition, the hymn of Axion Estin was revealed.
The original icon still stands on the high altar of the main church on Mount Athos, Greece.
The Iveron icon of the Mother of God Vratarnitsa (Dmitri Belyukin, 1997).
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Christos Anesti!
Due to a storm I was stuck on the Greek island Samos yesterday. This meant I could take part in the Orthodox Easter celebrations there, a truly amazing experience.
I also visited the cave shrine of the Panagia Spiliani, where I took the above photo.
The Mother of God Galaktotrophousa, an engraving by Gabriel of Skopelos, Mount Athos, 1871.
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Protection
Today the faithful celebrate the feast with joy illumined by your coming, O Mother of God.
Beholding your pure image we fervently cry to you: Encompass us beneath the precious veil of your protection; deliver us from every form of evil by entreating Christ, your Son and our God that He may save our souls.
This is a Byzantine hymn, known as a troparior, for the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God.
While the feast is celebrated by most Orthodox Christians on October 1st, Greece celebrates it today. This is because the feast became associated with thanksgiving for the deliverance of the Greek nation from Italian invasion of 1940, known as Ohi Day.
Παναγία Ευαγγελίστρια
A vintage postcard of the shrine housing the miraculous icon of the Annunciation in Tinos, Greece.
The icon is referred to as the Panagia Evangelistria, which literally means ‘the All-Holy Bringer of Good News’.
The interior of the church of the Panagia Evangelistria in Tinos, Greece.
Tinos has been a place of pilgrimage since the early 19th century, when an icon depicting the Annunciation was found there after Mary appeared to an old man and a nun. To the old man she said:
Listen! I am the Panagia (the all-holy one). I want you to dig in the field of Anthony Doxaras where my icon is buried. I ask you to do this as a favor, old man. You will build a church there and I will help you.
Panagia Gerontissa
A devotional print of the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God of Gerontissa venerated in the Pantokratoros monastery on Mount Athos, Greece.
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