It was January 0th 1823. Inspite of the great feast of the Three Hierachs, the work was continued by the inhabitants of the village Phalatas, whose turn it was to work on that day.

They restricted the work mainly to the excavation of the floor of the Church under construction, the levelling and transportation of the earth.

By 2 p.m. one of the workers engaged in the transfer of earth, felt at a distance of about 2 metres from the well that his hatchet struck some wood. Frantic with joy and emotion, he saw that it was a part of the icon showing the angel holding the lilly. Immediately he called al his colleagues and together they soon found the remaining part of the Icon showing the Virgin Mary, kneeling and accepting the Divine Message of the Encarnation of the Savior.

After cleaning in haste the Holy Icon, they joined two, parts and kissed it with religious fear.

The news of the finding of the Holy Icon spread with a lighting speed to the town of Tinos and the near-by villages. Masses of people with tears of emotion in their eyes started to assemble from all directions in order to adore they Holy Icon. Among the first ones to arrive was the Bishop with the clergy and the notables. Piously and full of emotion, they adored the Holy Icon and placed it on an old doublelegged stand outside the Church under construction, leaving it there for the people to adore it.