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The ''Panagia Portaitissa'' ((ギリシア語:Παναγία Πορταΐτισσα); (グルジア語:ივერიის ღვთისმშობლის ხატი)) or the ''Iviron Theotokos''〔Also ''"Iverian Theotokos"'', ''"Our Lady of Iveron"'', or more formally ''"Wonderworking Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Iveron".''〕 is an Eastern Orthodox icon of Virgin Mary which was painted by Luke the Evangelist, according to the Sacred Tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church.〔 English version of Website: (www.pravmir.com )〕 The icon is referred to as "Wonderworking" meaning that numerous miracles have been attributed to the intercession of the Theotokos (Mother of God) by persons praying before it. The original of this image is found in the Georgian Iviron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where it is believed to have been since the year 999.〔Great Synaxaristes : ''(Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ἰβηριτίσσης ).'' 12 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.〕 The synaxis (feast day) for this icon is on February 12,〔''(Icon of the Mother of God "Iveron" ).'' February 12. OCA - Feasts and Saints.〕 as well as on Bright Tuesday,〔 and also on October 13 for the translation to Moscow of the Iveron icon.〔''(October 13/26 ).'' Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). Retrieved: 2013-02-05.〕 The icon belongs to a family of images of the Theotokos known as ''Hodegetria'' (Greek: Όδηγήτρια, "she who shows the way") after the prototype from Constantinople. In these icons, the Christ Child sits on his mother's left arm and she is depicted pointing to Christ with her right hand. Another famous icon based upon Hodegetria is Our Lady of Częstochowa. A unique characteristic of this icon is what appears to be a scar on the Virgin Mary's right cheek or her chin. A number of different traditions exist to explain this, but the one most commonly held by Orthodox Christians is that the icon was stabbed by a soldier in Nicaea during the period of Byzantine iconoclasm under the Emperor Theophilus (829–842). According to tradition, when the icon was stabbed, blood miraculously flowed out of the wound. The original in Iveron is encased in a chased riza of silver and gold covering almost all the image except the face, as is common with the most venerated icons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Orthodox Portal )〕 ==History== According to the Orthodox Church's Sacred Tradition, the icon was at one time in the possession of a widow in Nicea. Not wanting the icon to be seized and destroyed by the iconoclasts, she spent all night in prayer and then cast the icon into the Mediterranean Sea. The widow's son later went to Mount Athos, where he became a monk and recounted the miracle of the bleeding wound, and how the icon had been placed in the sea. Much later, (ca. 1004)〔 the icon was recovered from the sea by a Georgian monk named Gabriel (later canonized a saint in the Orthodox Church), who was laboring at the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos. This occurred on Tuesday of Bright Week (Easter Week), and is commemorated annually on that day (as well as the fixed date of March 31). The icon was taken to the katholikon (main church) of the monastery from which the icon gets its name. The tradition goes on to say that the following day, when the monks entered the church they could not find the icon. After searching they discovered the icon hanging on the gates of the monastery. This occurrence was repeated several times, until St. Gabriel reported that he had seen a vision of the Theotokos, wherein she revealed that she did not want her icon to be guarded by the monks, but rather she intended to be their Protectress. After this, the icon was permanently installed above the monastery gates, where it remains to this day. Because of this, the icon came to be called ''Portaitissa'' or "Gate-Keeper". This title was not new for the Virgin Mary, but comes from a verse of the Akathist to the Mother of God: "Rejoice, O Blessed Gate-Keeper who opens the gates of Paradise to the righteous." Orthodox monks and nuns throughout the world will often place an icon of the Theotokos Iverskaya on the monastery gates. It is also common in Orthodox temples (church buildings) to place an icon of the Theotokos ''Portaitissa'' on the inside of the iconostasis, above the Holy Doors, looking towards the Holy Table (altar table). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Panagia Portaitissa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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