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Panagia Blachernitissa

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The '''Panagia of Blachernitissa''' (Gr. ''Παναγία η Βλαχερνίτισσα''), also known as '''Blachernae''' or '''Vlahernon''', is a 7th century Byzantium [[icon]] from Constantinople preserved in the imperial palace of Blachernai. The icon according to tradition was not written rather it was made from a composition of ashes of 6th century martyred Christians and wax. <ref> Wikipedia: Blachernitissa </ref>. Within the church, there is only one other icon of this type - see the icon of [[Archangel Michael of Mantamados]]. The icon of ''Blachernitissa'' is currently located in Russia at the Tretyakov Gallery.
 
==Name Disambiguity==
It is possible that the ''Blachernitissa' and the ''Blachernae'' might not be one and the same icon. The reason for this disambiguity exists mainly in the fact that there are two places with the name 'Blachernae'. The first location is in Constantinople ... the second is a village in Greece.
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