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Lemnos Ierotheos: The Virgin Mary always surrounds the faithful with Her maternal mantletranslated

August 19, 2026 · 1 min read

"The holy and auspicious memory of the Virgin, always led to joy the faithful" residents of the unspoiled island of Lemnos, but also its numerous summer visitors, who overwhelmed, during the two days of August 14 and 15, 2026, the celebratory pericall and recently renovated and beautified Sanctuary Church of the Assumption of the Theotokos (Tsas) Myrinis. Just as the Apostles gathered in the "Gethsemani τῷ χοριῳ" around the funeral bed of the Virgin Mother of God, to mourn Her with epitaphic laments and sepulchral hymns, so they also surrounded the venerable and emblematic Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the sought-after "Russian", an exact copy of the Virgin Mary of Kazan, Russia, which for centuries has been kept as a priceless spiritual relic in the aforementioned Holy Church, to beg Her to intercede eternally with Her Son and God for them and their families.

More specifically, on the eve of the holiday, the Great High Priestly Vespers was held, presided over by Rev. Metropolitan of the Forty Churches, Mr. Andreou, distinguished Hierarch of the Prototrono Church of Constantinople, concelebrant of Rev. Metropolitan of Limnos and Agios...

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James Bennett
The icon of the "Roussa" being an exact copy of the Kazan Mother of God really stood out to me. Our parish has a smaller print of the Kazan icon in the narthex, and it's always the one the ladies light candles in front of first. Nice to hear the church got a fresh renovation too, those old island temples need the upkeep.
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