What is the Holy Gown of the Virgin where we Celebrate on the 2nd of July
On the 2nd of July every year we celebrate its Deposit Honest Gown of Theotokos where it was kept in the Church of Panagia ton Vlacherna.
The Holy Gown is the Coat of the Most Holy Theotokos Our Lady and not the Holy Belt as some people mistakenly confuse it with the deposition of the Holy Belt which is celebrated on the 30th of August of each Year.
The Holy Gown (the veil) was given to a woman, by the Virgin Mary herself, shortly before Her sleep. This woman gave this Gown from generation to generation, keeping her existence a secret.
It was secretly protected from enemies who wanted to loot it or from those who wanted to exploit / destroy it.
From the last woman he owned and had no children to give, he was secretly taken by two Patricians where they took her to Constantinople and hid her in the Church of the Apostles Peter and Mark.
The miracles from the beginning from Galilee to the Queen were thousands. Those who approached the sick were doing well. Those who were sad found joy and peace.
During the siege of the Russians when the Patriarch conducted a Litany with the People and the Emperor, the Russian Fleet was destroyed by a storm and retreated. The Virgin Mary saved the City.
It was stolen during the Crusades and is still in a monastery in France.