Virgin Mary Athonite - Engraved wooden image on canvas with golden background - Mount Athos

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A closer look at Virgin Mary Athonite - Engraved wooden image on canvas with golden background - Mount Athos from Christianity Art. Listed in Paintings. Materials: Gold, Wood, Canvas. Image painted on canvas with gold background on Engraved wood. The image is accompanied by a free support base. Virgin Mary Athonites The Christian tradition wants God's mother to have visited Athos on several occasions, and references are made to her visit to Mount Athos along with St. John and others, by boat. During her visits the Virgin Mary saved with the power of her faith many monks and pilgrims, monasteries and all the mountain from many calamities. The icon of the Virgin Mary of Athonitesa, presents the Virgin Mary as protector of the entire mountain, to wear a costume of Agomenes and to stand above Mount Athos. The picture is celebrated on 28 August.