Miraculous Icon of Panagia Portaitissa (the Keeper of the Portal) Panagia still works many miracles through the copies of her icon. A certain pious widow who lived not far from the town of Nicea, floated the icon on the waters of the sea, committing it to the case of the Theotokos...the son & widow the watched Icon afloat,the Holy Image did't sink, but floated westward in an upright position... it wasn't until after a 1/2 century later the icon was miraculously discovered at Mount Athos
