Panagia
[ pah-nah-yee-ah ]
/ ˌpɑ nɑˈyi ɑ /
noun, plural Pa·na·gi·as for 1. Eastern Church.
a ceremony in a monastery, commemorating the assumption of the Virgin Mary, in which a loaf of bread on a plate is elevated before being distributed to the monks.
(lowercase)
an encolpion bearing the image of the Virgin Mary.
Origin of Panagia
1680–90; < Late Greek
Panágia the Virgin, feminine of Greek
panágios all-holy, equivalent to
pan-
pan- +
hágios holy