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==Name ambiguity==
'''''Name ambiguity''''' - There are two places with the name "Blachernae." The first location, and most recognised, is in Constantinople and is spelt with a 'B'. The second, is a municipality in the prefecture of Arta, Greece. It is not so well known and most commonly spelt with a 'V'.
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The '''Panagia of Blachernitissa''' (Gr. ''Παναγία η Βλαχερνίτισσα'', Turkish: ''Meryem Ana Kilisesi''), also known as '''Blachernae''', '''Vlachernae''', or '''Vlahernon''', is a 7th century Byzantine [[icon]] from [[Constantinople]] preserved in the imperial palace of [[Church of the Virgin of Blachernae (Istanbul)|Blachernai]]. The icon, according to tradition, was not written; rather, it was made from a composition of wax and the ashes of 6th-century [[martyr]]ed Christians.<ref>[[w:Blachernitissa|''Blachernitissa'' at Wikipedia]]</ref><ref>The Eastern Orthodox [[Church]] tradition is that there is only one ''other'' icon of this type— the icon of the [[Archangel Michael of Mantamados]].</ref> A rare copy of the ''Blachernitissa'' icon is also located in Russia at the [[Tretyakov Gallery]].
==Name ambiguity==See also our main article on There are two places with the original name "Blachernae/Vlachernae". The first location, and most recognised, is in Constantinople and is spelt with a '''[[Church B'''. The second, is a municipality in the prefecture of Panagia Blachernae (Istanbul)|Church of Blachernaei in IstanbulArta, Turkey]]Greece. It is not so well known and is spelt with a '''V'''. It is therefore correct to refer to the icon and the church with "B".
==Churches==
*'''[[Church of Panagia Blachernae (Istanbul)|The first Church of Blachernae in Istanbul, Turkey]]'''.*Church of Blachernae, Pontikonisi (Corfu, Greece)*The Church of Blachernae, Peloponneso:A majestic (Greece), ''a 12th century church decorated with beautiful frescoes of St. John the Baptist.''
*Isle of Dias, village of Kalligata (Kefalonia, Greece)
==Monasteries==
*Panagia Blahernon (Corfu, Greece) - , 17th century.
*[[Panagia Vlahernon Greek Orthodox Monastery (Williston, Florida)]]
==References==