The Virgin Nativity Cathedral
Section of Southern Lengthwise Nave. North View

“You are a fortress protecting all virgins, O Theotokos and Virgin...” (Akathist, Eikos 10)

Dionisy's frescoes. “You are a fortress protecting all virgins, O Theotokos and Virgin...” (Akathist, Eikos 10)

The Theotokos is represented against the fortress in the background as blessing the virgin nuns. The Mother of God who patronizes monastic virtue is likened to a fortress that protects and guards everyone, who follows Christ, from the temptation of the worldly life.