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Zoodohos Pigi of Balikli or Virgin Baloukliotissa allegedly Christian holy shrine located in Istanbul outside the west gate of Selymbria, where there were the so-called & # 034; palaces sources & # 034; in which the Byzantine Emperors holidaying spring. He took its name from the Turkish Balık name (= fish) and includes the monastery, the church and the holy water.
The Mother of God of the Life-giving Spring or Life-giving Font (Greek: Ζωοδόχος Πηγή, Zoodochos Pigi, Russian: Живоносный Источник) is an epithet of the Holy Theotokos that originated with her revelation of a sacred spring (Greek: ἁγίασμα, hagiasma) in Valoukli, Constantinople, to a soldier named Leo Marcellus, who later became Byzantine Emperor Leo I (457-474).[note 1] Leo built the historic Church of St. Mary of the Spring over this site, which witnessed numerous miraculous healings over the centuries,[note 2] through her intercessions, becoming one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Greek Orthodoxy. Thus the term “Life-giving Font” became an epithet of the Holy Theotokos and she was represented as such in iconography.
The feast day of the Life-giving Spring is celebrated on Bright Friday in the Orthodox Church,[2][note 3] and in those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. Additionally, the icon of the Theotokos the “Life-giving Spring” is commemorated on April 4 / 17 in Slavic Orthodox churches.
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Dimensions | 11cm x 8cm x 1.2cm, 15cm x 11cm x 1.7cm, 21cm x 15cm x 1.7cm, 27cm x 21cm x 1.7cm, 42cm x 32cm x 1.7cm |
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