Holy Virgin Pelagonitissa Laate Byzantine 1421-22 From Church of the Transfiguration, Zrze Monastery, Prilep. Museum of Macedonia, Skopje, FYR-Macedonia. This is a variatiion of the virgin of tenderness (Glykophilousa).The infant Christ hugging his mother with his back turned to the viewer characterizes this type, a gesture that boosts the drama of the mother worried for her frightened chjild who is threatened with martyrdom.