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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).
 
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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==List of Icons with this name==
 
==List of Icons with this name==
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==List of Churches around the world==
 
==List of Churches around the world==
* [[http:/www.theotokos-lifegiving-spring.org/ Theotokos of the Life-Giving Spring Russian Orthodox Mission]]. Bryan, Texas (USA)
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* [[http://www.theotokos-lifegiving-spring.org/ Theotokos of the Life-Giving Spring Russian Orthodox Mission]]. Bryan, Texas (USA)
  
 
==List of Monasteries around the world==
 
==List of Monasteries around the world==
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Many monasteries bear the same name to the site in Contantinople:
 
Many monasteries bear the same name to the site in Contantinople:
* [[http:/www.malf.net/spring.htm Monastery of the Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring]]. Dunlap, California (USA)
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* [[http://www.malf.net/spring.htm Monastery of the Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring]]. Dunlap, California (USA)
  
 
==Hymnography==
 
==Hymnography==
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==See also==
 
==See also==
* [[Panagia Blachernae]] icon
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* [[Panagia Blachernitissa]] icon
 
* [[Life-giving Fount of the Theotokos]] article
 
* [[Life-giving Fount of the Theotokos]] article
  

Revision as of 00:49, February 14, 2008

Panagia the Life Giving Spring icon and monastery originates from Baloukli, just west from Constantinople, and the first monastery is built on the location of the garden that was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, some time in the 5th century.


List of Icons with this name

List of Churches around the world

List of Monasteries around the world

  • Original Monastery in Constantinople

Many monasteries bear the same name to the site in Contantinople:

Hymnography

In Orthodox hymnography, the Theotokos is frequently compared to as a Holy Fountain.

See also

External Reference