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he historic Axion Esti icon from the all-male monastic community of Mount Athos was transported on Wednesday to Athens and will be exhibited for public veneration and viewing for the next two weeks at the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral.

The icon, which rarely leaves Mount Athos, was welcomed with honours accorded to a head of state at the Athens Cathedral by Archbiship Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece, who had requested the action on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution in 1821. photo by dawn fletcher_park

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“Axion Esti” icon in Athens
he historic Axion Esti icon from the all-male monastic community of Mount Athos was transported on Wednesday to Athens and will be exhibited for public veneration and viewing for the next two weeks at the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral.<br /> <br /> The icon, which rarely leaves Mount Athos, was welcomed with honours accorded to a head of state at the Athens Cathedral by Archbiship Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece, who had requested the action on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution in 1821. photo by dawn fletcher_park