{"id":394173,"date":"2022-10-07T14:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T11:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=394173"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:24:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T11:24:52","slug":"bucharest-parish-discovers-19th-century-icon-of-theotokos-during-renovation-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/bucharest-parish-discovers-19th-century-icon-of-theotokos-during-renovation-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest parish discovers 19th-century icon of Theotokos during renovation works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Protection of the Theotokos was celebrated for the first time as a patronal feast by St. John-Mo\u0219i Parish in Bucharest this year. After a representation of the Virgin Mary as the Gorgoepikoos, or Quick to Hear, was found during restoration works at the church&#8217;s iconostasis, the church was placed under the Mother of God&#8217;s protection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The icon, which is 1.1 by 1.2 metres, was painted on August 28, 1871.<\/p>\n<p>Before restoration, the Blessed Virgin&#8217;s face was hardly recognisable. Parish priest Alexandru Mortici revealed that a revetment (metal cover) was used to safeguard the image.<\/p>\n<p>The church has undergone substantial repair, reconsolidation, and decoration in the last ten years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_393619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-393619\" style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/o-icoana-a-maicii-domnului-recent-pusa-in-valoare-i-a-adus-unei-parohii-bucurestene-al-treilea-hram.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-393619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/o-icoana-a-maicii-domnului-recent-pusa-in-valoare-i-a-adus-unei-parohii-bucurestene-al-treilea-hram.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/o-icoana-a-maicii-domnului-recent-pusa-in-valoare-i-a-adus-unei-parohii-bucurestene-al-treilea-hram.jpeg 756w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/o-icoana-a-maicii-domnului-recent-pusa-in-valoare-i-a-adus-unei-parohii-bucurestene-al-treilea-hram-657x890.jpeg 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-393619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Quick to Hear Icon of the Theotokos at\u00a0 St John &#8211; Mo\u0219i Parish in Bucharest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/basilicanews\">@BasilicaNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Protection of the Theotokos was celebrated for the first time as a patronal feast by St. John-Mo\u0219i Parish in Bucharest this year. After a representation of the Virgin Mary as the Gorgoepikoos, or Quick to Hear, was found during restoration works at the church&#8217;s iconostasis, the church was placed under the Mother of God&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":393623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26751],"tags":[15588,28554],"class_list":["post-394173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bucharest-archdiocese","tag-icon-of-the-mother-of-god","tag-quick-to-hear-icon-of-the-theotokos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}