Panagia of Akathystos

Holy Monastery of Hilandar

The characterization of this icon as the Virgin Mary of Akathistos is due to the following miraculous event. In 1837, due to the carelessness of the ecclesiastic monk( the supervisor monk in the churc), the iconostasis of the katholikon, where this icon is also located, caught fire. And while the iconostasis of the temple was almost completely destroyed, this icon remained completely unharmed. At this fire, the Akathistos hymn was read in front of the icon, and from this the icon received its name.