With the blessed dried plant, called "Virgin Mary’s Tear", Mount Athos monks create handicrafts with a special style. Buy these handicrafts and receive their blessing. According to tradition, this plant grew under the cross of Christ from the tears of the Virgin that fell to the ground. A monk once was sad because he could not learn to knit a rosary. Then the Virgin Mary appeared and asked him: "Why are you sad?" and he replied: "I can’ t learn to knit a rosary." Then the Virgin Mary gave him these seeds and told him: “Take my tears, cultivate them, make prayer rosaries and say: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me. Holy Mary save us."