Η Παναγία η Γερόντισσα (Virgin Mary the Prioress) The full-figure icon of the Virgin Mary, which in a sense is the ‘heart’ of the Monastery, is a copy of an important original from Constantinopole. CHAPTER 1 Placement Placement An Authoritative Overview A Favour To An Elderly Prior Oil In The Pithoi The Barbarian And The Well CHAPTER 2 Η Πυροσώτειρα (‘The Saviour from fire’) Η Πυροσώτειρα (‘The Saviour from fire’) CHAPTER 3 Η Αγιοσορίτισσα ('A sacred relic of the Virgin') Η Αγιοσορίτισσα (‘A sacred relic of the Virgin’) Back