The Pearl of Moravia is yet another icon said to have been painted by Luke and brought to Constantinople by Empress Helen in the 4th century A.D

This is one of those Black Madonnas whose skin color might have been attributed to the Byzantine style, candle smoke, or the 'saponification of the white lead' in the paint, were it not for her halo…

The church Our Lady Under the Chain belongs to the Maltese Order, which published a brochure describing the church and its works of art…

She is a copy of the Black Madonna of Loreto. All a local tour guide had to say about her was: "She is like an address sign…”