On Wednesday, May 3, it is transferred from Mount Athos to Athens, where the miraculous icon of the Panagia of Axion Esti will be exposed for two weeks in popular pilgrimage.

The Holy Community of the monastic state will accompany “en masse” the icon, which will be transferred by special flight – Aegean offer, from Thessaloniki to “Eleftherios Venizelos” and from there to the Holy Metropolis of Athens, where a brilliant reception is planned, in the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos and representatives of the state.

During the stay of his Virgin Mary Worth it will be held in the Metropolis of Athens, trisago in memory of the dead of the train accident in Tempi.

The Virgin of Axion Esti is considered the most important relic of Mount Athos, it is kept in the holy temple of Protatus in Karyes and rarely leaves Athos.

In this case, its transfer for a pilgrimage to Athens was an earlier request of the Archbishop Mr. Ieronymos in order to brighten the 200th anniversary of the Revolution of 1821 with its presence.

However, due to the corona virus, it was not then possible for her to leave the Athonian state and she is leaving now that the conditions allow it.