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This icon is regarded as being older than the Byzantine period. Many scholars regard this icon to even be the work of the [[Apostle]] and [[Evangelist]] [[Apostle Luke|Luke]]. It is assumed that this icon was so highly esteemed in the Byzantine era it was either hidden or lost around the time of the Moslem invasions. The icon was rediscovered miraculously and the construction of a church was begun and completed by 1830. Even before this church was finished, pilgrims started visiting the island of Tinos from all of Greece. Numerous reports of miracles have increased the fame of this Church to the point that this is the most venerated icon in all of Greece.
===the Vision of nun PelagiaIcons finding===According to the tradition, in 1822 the Mother of God appeared to Sister Pelagia, a local nun from the [[Monastery of Kechrovouniou (Tinos, named Pelagia, dreamed that Greece)|Monastery of Kechrovouniou]] requesting her to unearth a miraculous wonder-working icon was buried nearby. Pelagia led The sister ignored this vision on many occassions considering that it was merely her neighbors imagination, however, the Virgin Mary appeared to her one final time and rebuked the place nun for her disbelief and warned her that she would fall ill if she had seen in continuted to resist. The tradition continues that the sister visited the Bishop for his thoughts on her dreamvisions. A few years earlier, another local had been visited by the Mother of God and when they began had had similar visions to digPelagia. Believing, they discovered therefore, that these visions were authentic, the Bishop rang the church bells to gather the remains entire town to inform them of a Byzantine church with the icon insidetask ahead. Excavations commenced in September of 1822.
===The Evangelistria Church===
