Virgin Mary Paramythia - Wooden aged image on canvas with golden background - Mount Athos

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Explore Virgin Mary Paramythia - Wooden aged image on canvas with golden background - Mount Athos from Christianity Art. Listed under Paintings. Materials: Gold, Wood, Canvas. Image crafted on canvas with painted background on aged natural wood. The image is accompanied by a free support base. Our Lady Fairythia The name Fairythia, or comfort, was given to this form of the Virgin Mary, where her sight calms and comforts the soul. According to Christian tradition, the Virgin Mary of Fairythia in the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi was rescued thanks to the miraculous intervention of the specific image of the Virgin Mary, when she was threatened by pirates in the early 14th century. The icon of the Virgin is kept in the chapel of the Temple where the Monks keep an impervious canteen and sing a request daily.