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After the restoration of the Greek icon of the Kardiotissa, we discovered under the layer of restoration a painting of the highest level, which belongs to the hand of the famous Cretan master Andreas Ritzos.
This famous artist once inherited an archive with samples of the great Byzantine master Angelos Akotantos. Among other drawings from this archive, apparently, there was a drawing of the rarest image of Our Lady Kardiotissa. This famous Byzantine icon, painted by Akotantos is currently in a museum in Athens. Andreas Ritzos made a replica from her, which then fell into our hands.
