Panagia Paramythia, Cyprus
Kykko, Cyprus (1997)
On February 1, 1997, a novice monk noticed that the Virgin and Child were both weeping on the icon of Panagia Paramythia, the All-Holy Consoler, in Kykko monastery, Cyprus.
Many people, both monks and the faithful, saw tears flow down the holy faces sporadically for a month. The icon, a 1500s copy of the one in Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos, was originally in the Monastery of the Virgin of Helicon three miles north, abandoned around 1800 and now a ruin. It hangs near the Kykkiotissa, the ancient miracle-working icon of Kykko Monastery, held to have been painted by St. Luke. The Abbot and Archbishop both said the tears were a call from God to repentance.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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