Copy of the Iveron Icon is brought to Australia from Mt. Athos

Melbourne, April 29, 2015

With the blessing of Archbishop Stylianos of Australia a copy of the wonder-working Iveron (“the Portaitissa”) Icon of Holy Theotokos has been brought to the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Melbourne, Australia, reports AgionOros.ru.

    

The gift of the Athonite Iveron Monastery was solemnly met by hundreds of believers arriving from various parts of Australia.

    

After a procession of the cross with the icon Bishop Michael of Australia (the Romanian Orthodox Church) served a Vespers with Bishop Ezekiel of Dervi (auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchate of Constantinople) and Bishop Iakovos of Militoupolis (the Patriarchate of Constantinople) concelebrating. Clergy of the Orthodox Church of Antioch participated in the service as well.

    

Athonite chants were performed by the Byzantine choir of the Archdiocese of Australia with the participation of graduates of the Athonias Ecclesiastical Athonite Academy.

    

On the following day the Matins and Divine Liturgy were celebrated.

    

Bishop Iakovos of Militoupolis in his sermon recounted the story of the Iveron Icon of Holy Theotokos to those gathered and thanked the Athonite monks for the precious gift to the Australian faithful.

Pravoslavie.ru

4/29/2015

See also
The Feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, and the Veneration of Holy Icons The Feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, and the Veneration of Holy Icons
Hieromonk Irenei (Pikovsky) The Feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, and the Veneration of Holy Icons The Feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, and the Veneration of Holy Icons
Hieromonk Irenei (Pikovsky)
The miraculous appearance of the icon of the Mother of God in the ninth century, during the era of iconoclastic dispute, was literally a confirmation “from above” of what had been pronounced at the Seventh Ecumenical Council on the veneration of icons. The Myrrh-Bearing Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God is Ceremoniously Greeted in Georgia The Myrrh-Bearing Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God is Ceremoniously Greeted in Georgia The Myrrh-Bearing Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God is Ceremoniously Greeted in Georgia The Myrrh-Bearing Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God is Ceremoniously Greeted in Georgia
At the invitation of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Elias II of Georgia and with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, a delegation of clergymen and laity of the Russian Church Abroad arrived in the territory of the Georgian Orthodox Church with the Miracle-Working Myrrh-Streaming “Hawaiian-Iveron” Icon of the Mother of God. Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in Georgia (1989) Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in Georgia (1989)
Commemorated September 26/October 9 Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in Georgia (1989) Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in Georgia (1989)
Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze
In September 26, 1989, a copy of the famous Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the “Portaitissa,” arrived in Tbilisi from the Iveron Monastery on Mt. Athos. With the blessing of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, the monks of the Holy Mountain had painted this exact copy as a symbol of love and gratitude to the Georgian people.
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