Panagia Gorgoepikoos, Virgin Mary "She who is Quick to Hear" - SKOROPOSLUSHNITSA,
wooden frame gold foil Greek Byzantine Icon with Its stand and hook for hanging on wall.
On the back the
icon lined with blue velvet.
Icon with the frame measures 7 1/4 " x 5 3/4 "
Panagia Gorgoepikoos is the name of an icon that means "She who is quick to hear" in Greek. The icon was painted in the eleventh century during the time of St. Neophytos in Monastery of Docheiariou on Mount Athos.
The icon is remembered by the church on October 1 (Feast Day).
