page_title: Prodromos (Mount Athos)
section_title: Icons
hierarchical_section_title: Prodromos (Mount Athos) / Icons
caption_attribution_description: English: The Icon of Theotokos "Acheiropoietos" (i.e. not made by human hands). Romanian Skete Prodromos, Mount Athos. Feast day: 12 July. Română: Maica Domnului «Prodromiţa», Schitul Prodromu, Athos. Praznic: 12 iulie.
context_page_description: The Romanian Skete Prodromos is a Romanian cenobitic skete belonging to the Great Lavra Monastery, located in the eastern extremity of the Eastern Orthodox Monastic State of the Holy Mountain Athos, between the Aegean Sea in the East and the peak of Athos rising 2033 m in the West, nearby the cave of Athanasios the Athonite. Its name, Prodromos, is the Greek for "The Forerunner", a cognomen of St. John the Baptist.
  It is one of the two Romanian establishments on the Mountain, the other one being Lakkoskiti.
  Spiritually, through its mother monastery, and like all the Athos peninsula, it is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Currently, 25 monks live there.
context_section_description: The skete has, alongside icons of saints celebrated over the course of the year, five large icons, of which three are thought to perform miracles.
  The Icon of Theotokos "Acheiropoieta" (i.e. not made by human hands) (Romanian: Maica Domnului «Prodromiţa») is the most well-known of the skete. Few icons in the Orthodox world are considered to have been miraculously painted. In 1863, after a long search, the skete’s founder Nifon asked an old painter in Iaşi, Iordache Nicolau, to paint an icon of the Theotokos, accordingly to Church’s canon - by daily reading the Akathist to the Theotokos and fasting (eating only after ceasing work that day). After painting the Holy Faces of Jesus and Mary (which, in the Orthodox iconography tradition, are painted last), the painter was not satisfied with the result, as he felt not to manage to paint the images properly. Covering the icon with a cloth, Nicolau retreated into prayer for help to finish his work. The next day he found the icon finished and beautifully painted. The icon is said to work wonders. It is covered in silver and placed in the church in front of the left rood screen. Its feast day is celebrated on July 12.
  There are also The Icon of Theotokos, the one protecting from fire, The Icon of St. John the Baptist, The Icon of Three Holy Hierarchs, The Icon of the Holy Mountain.
caption: The Icon of Theotokos "Acheiropoietos" (Prodromiţa), 1863, said to work wonders.
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