Virgin Mary Portaitissa Icon – Handmade on Gold Silk Canvas, Stunning Detail flame control wick holder Bring the deeply comforting

Bring the deeply comforting

right hand/arm blessing token

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Behind the prayer

Icon Representation: Saint Athanasius the Great / of Alexandria (Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μέγας)

Virgin Mary Portaitissa Icon – Handmade on Gold Silk Canvas, Stunning Detail flame control wick holder Bring the deeply comfortingThe Panagia Portaitissa (Our Lady of the Gatekeeper) of Iviron History and Tradition The miraculous icon of the Theotokos is housed in the Monastery of Iviron on Mount Athos. According to tradition, during the 9th century (the time of the Iconoclasm), a pious widow in Nicaea (Asia Minor) cast the icon into the sea to protect it from destruction. The icon miraculously traveled upright over the waves and eventually arrived at the shores of Mount Athos,