Founder's Icon of the Mother of God at Vatopedi Monastery

Commemorated on January 12.

The Founder's Icon is now in the altar of the katholikon of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos in the High Place, while the Cross remains on the altar.

The original Bematarissa Icon of the Mother of God has a gold oklad from 1690 with an inscription: "Nicholas of Nikolita, goldsmith, 1690."

During Cross Processions at the Monastery, this Icon precedes all the others. A separate commemoration of this Icon of the Mother of God is takes place on Tuesday of Bright Week, when a Cross Procession goes around the Monastery in her honor.

1 This seems to refer to the prayers at Trapeza found in the Great Horologion (Brookline, Mass., 1997) pages 161-165).