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[[Image:Ierosolymitissa.jpg|thumb|right|Panagia Ierosolymitissa (Gethsemane, Jerusalem)]]
'''''Panagia Ierosolymitissa''''' (Gr. Most Holy Lady of Jerusalem). This is a very popular [[icon]] of the [[Theotokos]] because it is Gethsemane's [[Theotokos|Panagia]] - overlooking the empty tomb of the Most Holy [[Theotokos]], blessing the numerous pilgrims to the [[Holy Land]] of [[Jerusalem]]. Today's small underground tomb is situated at [[Gethsemane]], next to the [[Mount of Olives]] where the Saviour often prayed with His disciples. It was there that the [[Apostles]] gathered and buried the most-pure body of the [[Theotokos|Mother of God]]. Her [[icon]] remains there as an endless spring of blessings for all the Christians, celebrated (or venerated) by the name 'Panagia Ierosolimitissa'.
==History of Icon==