The Volunteer Team “Kimolistes Ngo” appreciating the special religious tradition of the Cyclades, with honor to our Virgin Mary with the hundreds of faces and names in the archipelago of our islands, announces the lecture, having as theme: The miraculous Virgin Mary of the Cyclades over time: Theotokonyms, Worship, Representations.
Our Lady of the Cyclades
This lecture, hosted on Kimolos in August 2021, attempts to present a flashback related to the honor of the Virgin, ranging from the early Christian centuries, through the years of Byzantium to the modern era. The faces and depictions of the Virgin reveal the political, theological, and artistic aspects of a long course of time, ending to the modern demonstrations of her pilgrimage to the islands of the Cyclades. 
On the video we are about to watch, landscapes accompany names of the Virgin Mary in the Aegean Sea mainly in the Cyclades. Her popular worship echoes historical conjunctions and theological reflections. Michalis Holeva’s music accompanies excerpts of Paul Evdokimov’s text about the Virgin. 
Dr. Niki Tsironi is a Byzantinist, working at the Institute for Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation, and Associate in Byzantine Studies CHS-Harvard Washington D.C. She is also Adjunct Professor in Byzantine Studies, SNF Center for Hellenic Studies.
Veronique Clemence Magnes is a video artist and Theologist collaborating with the Cultural Society AINOS and the Imago-Magnes FR, to promote Byzantine Studies and continual research.
