Virgin Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist Thessalonike, between 1371 and 1393. This icon reminds of the Crucifixion. The Virgin bears the raare epithet of Kataphyge (Asylum). This name is associated with the region and the events related to Saint Demetrios, the patron Saint of Thessalonike. At the place where Saint Demetrios was caught preachig Christianity in a subterranean asylum, a church was later erected and consecrated to the virgin. Even in the fourteenth century ceremonial processions in honor of the saint began at that place and ended at the basilica consecrated to him, passing along the via Egnatia by the Church of the Virgin Acheropoietos. The desire for help, asylum, and protection from the Mother of God links the epithet "Asylum" with her standard image and her position in the Crucifixion.