It is one of the most sacred symbols of Hellenism and Orthodoxy. The Holy Icon of the Virgin Mary kept in Tinos, has been directly connected with the Greek's belief in the Virgin Mary but also with…..
the liberation struggles of our people in the previous two centuries.
Something that many people confuse, because of the central festival of the Church of Panagia on the fifteenth of August, is the depiction of the Virgin Mary in this particular icon.
The Icon of the Virgin of Tinos does not depict the Dormition of the Virgin but the Annunciation. It is an icon with a special style which, according to some scholars, is attributed to the Apostle Luke.
But how is the image of the Virgin behind the prayers of the faithful;
This is one of the rarest depictions of the icon of the Virgin of Tinos, without the golden "shirt" that adorns her and the tributes of the faithful that are above it.
This is the image of the Gospel in which they are depicted, on the right the Virgin Mary and on the left the Archangel Gabriel holding the lily.
Above the two faces is depicted the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove.
The icon of the Virgin Mary was found at the spot where Her Church is today, after a vision of Agia Pelagia on 30 January 1823.
By his Royal Decree 1836 the celebration of the Virgin Mary was established in
Τήνο, to be eight days long and last until the "nine days of the Theotokos",
at 23 August, where in an atmosphere of emotion, drowning and
respect, hymns and praises are sung, in front of the epitaph and the
picture.
Τήνο, to be eight days long and last until the "nine days of the Theotokos",
at 23 August, where in an atmosphere of emotion, drowning and
respect, hymns and praises are sung, in front of the epitaph and the
picture.
Source : dogma.gr
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