The Virgin Mary from Jerusalem, Mount of Olives in Evangelistria, Nafpliotranslated

A special blessed pilgrimage – a message of joy, hope and heavenly comfort It is with great joy and emotion that we announce that, on February 29, at 6:00 in the afternoon, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Mr. Theophilos, the reception of the Holy and Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of the Mount of Olives, from Jerusalem, will take place under the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Argolis, Mr. Nektarios.

This sacred treasure will be carried by His Eminence Archimandrite Mr. Ieronymos, Exarch of the Holy Sepulcher in Greece.

Her presence in the Holy Church of the Evangelistria of Nafplio acquires a special and deep symbolism, as it is connected to two major events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which have the Archangel Gabriel as their common face.

In the Annunciation of the Virgin, the Archangel Gabriel was sent by God to the Virgin Mary to announce to Her the joyful message of the incarnation of the Son of God. He announced to her that she would become the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. It was the joyful message of the salvation of man, which changed the history of the world.

But also at the end of Her earthly life, according to the sacred tradition of our Church, He...