Life-Giving Spring

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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.

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