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[[Theotokos|Panagia]] the '''Life Giving Spring'''
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[[Theotokos|Panagia]] the '''Life Giving Spring''' in most Orthodox countries their is an icon with an image that depicts her over a font or spring which is called the '''Life-Giving Spring'''. The original icon and the feast are associated to a monastery just west from Constantinople (Balikli?) built on the location of the garden built ...
  
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==the 'Life Giving Spring' story==
 
==the 'Life Giving Spring' story==
 
This image includes the mother and her child within a stone chalice containing the living water which is the Christ. The water is contained in the cross which all who follow him must bear as he did. In the early-church, the baptismal font was actually in the form of a cross just like the cross of this icon and the Christians would enter in from the base of the cross and come out at the top and then reenter from the left of the cross and come out on the right of the cross and then the priest, who would be standing in the middle of the cross/baptismal font would commune them ....
 
This image includes the mother and her child within a stone chalice containing the living water which is the Christ. The water is contained in the cross which all who follow him must bear as he did. In the early-church, the baptismal font was actually in the form of a cross just like the cross of this icon and the Christians would enter in from the base of the cross and come out at the top and then reenter from the left of the cross and come out on the right of the cross and then the priest, who would be standing in the middle of the cross/baptismal font would commune them ....
  
 
In Constantinople, some time in the 5th century, there was a garden that was dedicated to the Virgin Mother of God. In the garden was a spring and it was well known for its miracles. In its history, the fountain had been destroyed and then rebuilt, on many occassions, at the request of the Virgin Mother.
 
In Constantinople, some time in the 5th century, there was a garden that was dedicated to the Virgin Mother of God. In the garden was a spring and it was well known for its miracles. In its history, the fountain had been destroyed and then rebuilt, on many occassions, at the request of the Virgin Mother.
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The fish in this pool, it is said, are descended from the fishes that miraculously jumped out of the frying-pan and into this spring ... (NOTE - research to find this story in more detail).
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==History of the original icon==
 
==History of the original icon==
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==List of Monasteries around the world==
 
==List of Monasteries around the world==
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Many other monasteries, especially in Greece, bear the same name to the original Monastery founded in Contantinople:
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* Monastery of the Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring, Dunlap (California, USA) - 38526 Dunlap Road (www.malf.net/spring.htm)
 
* Monastery of the Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring, Dunlap (California, USA) - 38526 Dunlap Road (www.malf.net/spring.htm)
 
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==List of Shrines around the world==
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==Hymnography==
 
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In Orthodox hymnography, the '''Theotokos''' is frequently compared to as a 'Holy fountain' ...
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Theotokonymia]]
 
* [[Theotokonymia]]
 
==External Links==
 
  
  
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[[Category: About Icons]]
 
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[[Category: Icons of the Theotokos]]
 
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Revision as of 06:20, January 30, 2008

Panagia the Life Giving Spring in most Orthodox countries their is an icon with an image that depicts her over a font or spring which is called the Life-Giving Spring. The original icon and the feast are associated to a monastery just west from Constantinople (Balikli?) built on the location of the garden built ...


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Many other monasteries, especially in Greece, bear the same name to the original Monastery founded in Contantinople:

  • Monastery of the Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring, Dunlap (California, USA) - 38526 Dunlap Road (www.malf.net/spring.htm)
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In Orthodox hymnography, the Theotokos is frequently compared to as a 'Holy fountain' ...

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