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[[Image:It is truly meet.JPG|right|frame|Panagia Axion Esti - It is truly meet]]
'''Panagia Axion EstiEstin'''(Greek: Άξιον εστίν, Slavonic: Достóйно éсть, Dostóino yesť), or 'It is Truly Meet', the name given to the [[icon]] of the [[Theotokos|Virgin Mary]] before which, according to tradition, the hymn of Axion Estin was revealed.
==Axion Estin - Monastery of Karyes, the Protaton (Athos)== It stands in the high place of the [[altar]] (sanctuary) of the katholikon (main church) of [[Karyes (Athos)|Karyes]] on [[Mount Athos]].<ref>[http://www.mountathos.gr/active.aspx?mode=en{{Stub}2aee45f1-c81e-4f0c-9cf9-c2efe471cfd1}View "Axion Estin" - The Protaton, Karyes]</ref>
When the disciple asked the visiting monk to write the words of the new hymn down, he took a roof tile and wrote on it with his finger, as though the tile were made of wax. The disciple knew then that this was no ordinary monk, but the [[Archangel Gabriel]]. At that moment the angel disappeared, but the icon of the Mother of God continued to radiate light for some time afterward. The [[Panagia Eleousa |Eleousa]] ("merciful") Icon icon of the Mother of GodVirgin Mary, before which the hymn "It Is Truly Meet" was first chanted, was transferred to the katholikon (main church) at Karyes, known as the Protaton. The tile, with the hymn written on it, was taken to Constantinople when St. Nicholas II Chrysoberges was Patriarch (984-996).
Since that time the icon has been considered the protector of the Holy Mountain and its holiest object.
The Icon icon is commemorated by the Church on [[June 11]] and [[July 13]]. The Appearance appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a Monk monk on Mt. Athos, and the Revelation revelation of the Hymn, hymn "It Is Truly Meet..." is commemorated by the Church on [[June 11]] .
==Hymn==
Hymn to the Theotokos from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
:It is truly meet and right to bless you, O Theotokos,
:Ever -blessed and all most -pure mother of our God.
:More honourable than the Cherubim,
:And beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim,
:True Theotokos: we magnify you.
==See also==
*[[Biblical Odes]]
*[[Megalynarion]]
==References==
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==Source==
*[[W:Axion Estin|Axion Estin]] - Wikipedia
==External linklinks==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101694 Appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a Monk on Mt. Athos, and the Revelation of the Hymn, "It Is Truly Meet..."] - [[OCA]] website
*[http://www.skete.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.display/product_id/141/index.cfm Axion Esti ("It is truly meet")] from St. Isaac of Syria Skete*[http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/06/miracles-of-icon-of-axion-estin.html Miracles of the Icon of "Axion Estin"]
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