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The '''Panagia of Blachernitissa''' (Gr. ''Παναγία η Βλαχερνίτισσα''), also called '''Blachernae''', is a 7th century Byzantium [[icon]] from Constantinople preserved in the imperial palace of Blachernai. The icon according to tradition was not written rather it was made from a composition of ashes of 6th century martyred Christians and wax. <ref> Wikipedia: Blachernitissa </ref>. It is currently located in Russia at the Tretyakov Gallery.
==The Church of Panagia of Blachernae, Constantinople==
The best known and most celebrated [[http://www.ec-patr.org/afieroma/churches/show.php?lang=en&id=02 shrine of the Holy Virgin in Constantinople]] is the church of Panagia of Blacernae.
==The Shrine of Blachernai==
