Icons of the Mother of God “Sweet Kiss” or “Glycophyllussa”
Belongs, according to legend, to one of the seventy icons painted by St. the apostle and evangelist Luke. The icon became famous during iconoclasm. It belonged to the pious woman Victoria, the wife of a certain Simeon Patricius. Victoria, at the risk of her life, honored and kept it in her room. Her husband demanded that she burn the icon, but Victoria preferred to let her into the sea - and she did. The icon appeared on the shore in front of the Athos Philotheus Monastery. The abbot and the brethren brought her into the cathedral church. From then until now, on Easter Monday, a procession of the cross has been held from the monastery to the site of the appearance of the icon. Miracles are still performed from this icon.