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VIRGIN HODIGITRIA

Code: S154
Available Dimensions
  • 13x10 cm || 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 "
  • 19x15 cm || 7 1/2 x 5 7/8 "
  • 29x23 cm || 11 3/8 x 9 "
Description Mary, Keeper of the Gate is depicted in the form of the Guide and the blood on her face is due to a trauma caused by the knife of an unfaithful pirate, according to tradition. According to Christian tradition, the icon of Mary, the Keeper of the Gate, was cast into the sea by a godly woman, in order to save it from the iconoclasts. Several years later, in 1004 AD, the icon emerged from the sea near the Monastery of Iberians on Mount Athos, floating on the water. The monks placed it many times in a prominent position of the Holy Temple. However, the next day it was always found near the Gate, an indication that it had appeared there to guard the Monastery, not to be guarded. The monks built a chapel next to the Gate, where the icon is still kept today.

Silkscreen icon, crafted on canvas with gold background.