Icon Panagia Paradisiotissa (Our Lady of Paradise) in Pachyammos, Paphos, Cyprus.
According to tradition, unbaptized or prematurely deceased baptized children were buried in this place. It seems people looked to the Virgin Mary, who shows mercy to every suffering person, to intercede with her Son to save their child who had departed this life prematurely. Their plea was even greater when the child was unbaptized, hoping for the mercy of the Virgin Mary and Christ so that the child, who was not at fault, would not be lost and could gain the desired paradise.
















