[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Kykkos Monastery - Icon of Virgin Mary [{Image src='ZY0924_Kloster_Kykko.jpg' caption='Kykkos Monastery - Icon of Virgin Mary, September 2016, © [Gerhard Huber|Geography/About/Consortium/Huber,_Gerhard]' alt='Kykkos Monastery - Icon of Virgin Mary' class='image_left' width='900' height='601'}] %%lang,english The reason for Kykkos's importance, however, is not its exclusive structures, but a rain-giving icon of Mary, said to be painted by St. Luke the Evangelist. Often pilgrims queue up endlessly to kiss the wonder-working icon. %% %%lang,german Der Grund für Kykkos Bedeutung liegt jedoch nicht an den exklusiven Bauwerken, sondern an einer regenspendenden Marien-Ikone, die der Evangelist Lukas gemalt haben soll. Oftmals bilden sich lange Schlangen von Pilgern, die die wundertätige Ikone küssen möchten. %% [{Metadata Suchbegriff='Kykkos Monastery - Marien-Ikone'}] [{SET customtitle='Kykkos Monastery - Icon of Virgin Mary'}]