Axion Estin
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Axion estin, or "It is Truly Meet," is a pair of hymns to the Virgin Mary used in the Divine Liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, consisting of a magnification and a theo
The original icon of Axion Esti, in Protaton Church, in Mount Athos.
Protaton
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The Protaton, also known as the Dormition of the Theotokos Church, is the main church of Karyes, Mount Athos. It also serves as the ecclesiastical seat of the Protos, or the primate of the monastic co
Axion Estin
…tradition, the hymn was revealed in the late 10th century; an elder and his disciple lived in a cell on Mount Athos. The icon is currently kept in the Protaton in Karyes. Hymns to Mary…
Karyes 1
Majestas Domini of Protat
Paintings of John the Baptist of Protat
Unsleeping eye of Protat