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Paramythia – A Miracle-Working Icon of the Mother of God and its Feast

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Feb 11 2015
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The Mother of God can save us through her intercession. At Vatopaidi Monastery there is a miracle-working icon of the Virgin Mary called Paramythia, the “Comforter.”  This icon… saved the monks of the monastery from pirates, even though the Lord placed His hand over her mouth in order to prevent her from warning the monks because of their sinfulness and neglect of their monastic promises.

The Mother of God drew Christ’s hand down from her mouth and repeated her warning to the monastery’s abbot, Saint Gennadius, as he was about to hand over the keys for the main gate to the gatekeeper, that there were pirates in hiding outside the walls waiting to invade the monastery.  According to her instructions, the monks mounted the walls and drove the pirates away.

Since that time, the icon has retained this unusual pose of the Virgin Mary drawing Christ’s hand down from her mouth.

Of course, this was a spiritual setup on Christ’s part in order to move the monks to repent and change their lives, while at the same time showing the power and efficacy of the prayers and interventions of His Holy Mother.

In the photo, we see the Paramythia icon in its small chapel.

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  1. Eduard-Jenica 

    Stapana…
    Va multumim!!! MINUNAT!!

    11/02/2015 at 15:48 Reply
  2. Irinel Constantin 

    Multumesc!

    11/02/2015 at 13:38 Reply
    • Ioan Toma 

      Cu plăcere! 🙂
      Vă plac fotoreportajele?

      11/02/2015 at 15:29 Reply
      • Irinel Constantin 

        Da. Ofera o ancorare mai solida a textului.
        Pe de alta parte va marturisesc ca apare si o lacomie, in ceea ce ma priveste 🙂 … de a vedea mai mult.

        11/02/2015 at 16:49 Reply
        • Ioan Toma 

          Aha! Bine că știu. Las’ că… om vedea noi.

          12/02/2015 at 10:05 Reply
      • Irinel Constantin 

        Incerc sa va laud un pic si va spun ca nu am vazut pana acum fotografii facute in aceasta maniera, foarte pline … intr-o forma aproape de “complet”. bine … cel putin o treime din fotografiile de pe site, vazute de mine. Rezultatul, din punctul meu de vedere, e ca impartasiti consistent din darurile Maicii Domnului, de care va bucurati in viata de zi cu zi (as zice permanent). Cred ca exista o tehnica de fotografiere, care poate fi invatata, si care aplicata in zona monahala(in viata dumneavoastra de zi cu zi) poate avea “rezultate” uimitoare … la un “auditoriu” potrivit. Multumim!

        12/02/2015 at 12:06 Reply

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