Word: leonidio
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...Sanctuary Nestled into a cliffside in the Greek mountains, just outside Leonidio, 120 miles (193 km) from Athens, the Elona Monastery doesn't usually get many visitors. But for one week of the year, it is packed. Every August, when Orthodox Christians celebrate the life of Jesus' mother, thousands of worshippers stream in, drawn by a 700-year-old gold-encrusted, jewel-covered painting of Mary and Jesus, which is said to hold miraculous healing powers...
...many, though, it's too late. Some churches have already made the painful decision to put their religious works under glass. At the Elona Monastery outside Leonidio, the Mary and Jesus icon now rests in a steel compartment with a bulletproof-glass front. A sensible measure, no doubt, but hardly a sign of faith in the goodness of human nature...
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