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- The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae
- During the reign of Leo the Great (457-474), two noblemen on
pilgrimage to the Holy Land stayed at the home of an old widow. Seeing
the miracles wrought in a small shrine in her house, they learned from
her that she had the robe of the most holy Mother of God stored in a
small chest in her house. The old woman was a descendant of one of two
virgins who had attended the Theotokos before her dormition; in her last
days on earth she had given each of them one of her garments as a
blessing. The two pilgrims stole the garment and brought it to
Blachernae near Constantinople, where they built a church dedicated to
Sts Peter and Paul, and secretly deposited the robe there. Again, the
multitude of miracles wrought through the robe revealed its presence,
and it became known to the Emperor Leo and to the Orthodox people in
general.
- source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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