25.04.2020
VATOPEDI MONASTERY VIDEO LIBRARY
Litany of Our Lady of Olives Friday of the Diakainisimos
On Friday of the New Year's Week, a day dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the Life-Giving Source, at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, the Miraculous Icon of the Virgin Mary of Olives is honored and celebrated according to the tradition of the Monastery and according to the prescribed Athonite order.
According to the order of the Monastery, the icon of the Mother of God is transferred from the Docheio (building for storing the oil) to the Katholikon of the Monastery. After the end of the Divine Liturgy, a sacred procession of the Veneration of the Mother of God is held. This icon dates back to the 14th century and is located in the Docheio of the Monastery. From there it is transferred to the Katholikon on Friday of the Transfiguration, the day on which it is celebrated.