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Monastery of MachairasLegend has it that AN unknown hermit black one in all the seventy icons same to possess been painted by Luke the Apostle in secret from peninsula to Cyprus. This icon of Virgin Mary|The Virgin|Blessed Virgin|Madonna|Jewess|mother|female parent} Mary remained in its place till the arrival of 2 different hermits from Palestine in 1145: Neophytos and St. Ignatius United Nations agency stumbled across the icon in a very cave. to succeed in it, that they had to matchet their approach into the cave through the thick plant growth, that the icon assumed the name 'Machairotissa' in relation to the Greek word for knife μαχαίρι (Makhaira). the complete religious residence supported on this website takes its name from this icon.
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Prokopios
Following the death of Neophytos, Ignatios traveled with Prokopios (another hermit) to Constantinople within the year 1172 wherever they succeeded in getting monetary help from the then Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos. The religious residence was additionally granted possession of the complete mountain on that it's currently located and also the standing of stavropegion (meaning it remained freelance of the world bishopric). T
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he initial religious residence was then enlarged by the monk Neilos within the early thirteenth century. He became the primary archimandrite of the religious residence (later he even became bishop of Tamassos). The religious residence received additional grants from 2 different Byzantine emperors: Emperor Isaac II Angelos granted money and land in national capital and Emperor Alexios III Angelos given twenty four serfs. [1]
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