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The Virgin Nativity Cathedral
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 A solemn carrying out of one of the most venerated relics of Constantinople, the miracle-working icon, the Virgin Hodegetria. In the centre of the icon there is a deacon who holds the icon the way it was actually carried in Constantinople: the deacon’s hands are stretched out to the sides while the staff of the icon is fixed on his belt. The Emperor, Empress, Patriarch, Clergy and people surround it. |