In the summer of 2023, 13 men from Lancaster's Annunciation Orthodox Church spent 13 days in Greece as pilgrims on the Holy Mountain.
The icon is one of the few remaining ancient monuments of Pskov iconography.
King Charles has visited the Holy Mountain many times, including eight visits to Vatopedi.
As has happened hundreds of times in recent years, another Orthodox church was violently seized by Ukrainian nationalists and schismatics.
Amidst the continuing campaign against the Serbian Orthodox population of Kosovo and Metohija by the Prizren authorities, His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raška-Prizren issued a pastoral appeal for the encouragement of the faithful yesterday.