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Danica Crnogorčević (née Nikić; Serbian Cyrillic: Даница Црногорчевић, née Никић; born 5 November 1993) is a Montenegrin Serb singer of ethno and religious songs and a graduate art historian.
It was consecrated in honor of Panagia Spilaiotissa, Saint Vlasios Sevastias and Saint Theodora. The cathedral celebrates on February 11 and August 15. The church was built in 1577 on the ruins of an ancient church, and was dedicated to Saint Vlasios. In the 18th century, the cathedral was rebuilt in the Baroque style.
Engolpion (Panagia) depicting the Znamenny Icon of the Theotokos. All bishops wear a particular kind of engolpion called a Panagia (Greek: Παναγία), which depicts the Theotokos (Virgin Mary). All primates and some bishops below primatial rank have the dignity of wearing a second engolpion, which usually depicts Christ.
The Panagia Eikosifoinissa Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παναγίας Εικοσιφοινίσσης) is a historical monastery located in the municipality of Amphipolis in the County of Serres, near the borders with the Counties of Kavala and Drama. [1] Ecclesiastically, it belongs to the Holy Diocese of Drama.
The hymn begins with: to you, invincible champion addressed to the Panagia Theotokos (Virgin Mary). It contains 24 components with musical stories mostly venerating the Virgin Mary. Some parts include Christ. Artists created the pictorial representation of the Akathist Hymn.
Panagia is in prayer position. The specific iconographic type of the Virgin Mary was established from the middle of the 1st century. In all probability, this particular miniature is a copy of the icon of the Virgin of Nafpaktiotissa which was either brought to Thebes from Nafpaktos, or was a copy of the original.
The icon of Our Lady of the Sign (Greek: Παναγία Ορωμένη; Church Slavonic: Икона Божией Матери, "Знамение", romanized: Ikona Bozhey Materi, "Znamenie"; Polish: Ikona Bogurodzicy "Znamienie") or Platytera (Greek: Παναγία Πλατυτέρα, romanized: Panagia Platytera) is the term for a particular ...
The church eventually became bankrupt, and was turned into a dependency of the Monastery of Kato Panagia. In 1578, it is attested as a female convent. [3] The church is a large, almost square three-storey building. It is of the octagonal type, with the central dome supported by eight piers divided into three tiers.