Theotokos "Soumela" icon Mounted on wood Sizes:11 X 17

Theotokos "Soumela" icon Mounted on wood Sizes:11 X 17Orthodox icon of Theotokos "Soumela" or Panagia Soumela. Celebrated August 15. The type of this icon is Theotokos Hodegetria. According to tradition this Orthodox icon was painted by St Luke the Evangelist when the Theotokos was still alive and she was pleased with and blessed all the icons that he made. St Luke kept this icon with him all his life and when he died, his disciple Ananias, took the icon and transferred it to the Church of Acropolis in

The holy virgin Justina

to Jerusalem

In this icon we have Theotokos standing with Christ in her arms

St George rode up on his horse with spear in hand

At her burial

From 1224 until 1230 she remained under his custody

Her pagan impiety led her to a sinful life

The Tinos Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos continues to be venerated as one of Greece's holiest treasures

and again he was refused

psychological or moral terms

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THe Theotokos would have been her stepmother