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[[Image:Life_Giving_Spring.jpg|thumb|right|An example of the icon of the Panagia the Life Giving Spring, from Messinias (Pilos, Greece).]][[Image:Procession-Feast of Zoodohos Pigi-Arcadia,Greece-1950s.jpg|thumb|right|Procession on the [[feast day]] of Panagia the Life-giving Font in the village of Kastri, [[w:Arcadia|Arcadia]], Greece, ca.1959, on [[w:Bright Friday|Bright Friday]].]] '''Panagia ''' the '''Life -Giving Spring''' or '''Life-giving Font''' (in Greek Ζωοδόχος Πηγή) is both the [[iconfeast day]] and of a historic church just west of Constantinople in [[monasteryw:Balıklı, Istanbul|Valoukli]] originate from Baloukli, just west of Constantinople, and the first monastery is built on the location an icon of the garden that was dedicated to the [[Theotokos|]] (Virgin Mary]], sometime in the 5th century. This icon ) which is commemorated venerated by the Orthodox Church , commemorated on [[Bright Week|Bright Friday]] of each year.
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