Virgin Mary Paramythia - 100% handmade wooden image on canvas with gold background - Mount Athos

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A closer look at Virgin Mary Paramythia - 100% handmade wooden image on canvas with gold background - Mount Athos from Christianity Art. Listed in Paintings. Materials: Gold, Wood, Canvas. Handmade image, crafted on canvas on wood using the method of Byzantine iconography, with a gold background. Virgin Mary Paramythia The name Paramythia, i.e. consolation, was given to this form of the Virgin Mary where the sight of her calms and comforts the soul. According to Christian tradition, the Virgin of Paramythia in the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi was saved thanks to the miraculous intervention of the specific icon of the Virgin Mary, when it was threatened by pirates at the beginning of the 14th century. The icon of the Virgin Mary is kept in the chapel of the Church where the Monks hold an unextinguished candle and chant a prayer every day.