In May 1205 the Latin troops led by Henry of Flanders, brother of Baldwin I and successor to the throne of Constantinople, after having plundered the wider region of Thrace, they attempted to occupy the strong fortress of Didymoteicho, in the area of which the first resistance against the Latin occupation began to manifest itself.
Then they threateningly besieged Didymoteicho and while they were preparing to take it, the besieged inside the Castle, overworked, with little ammunition and shortages of food, unbearably terrified by the siege, with their only hope being God. after the vigil of Pentecost, they processioned the sacred icons of Christ and the Virgin Mary of Kastropolitissa, from the Monastery of the Saviour Pantokrator (today the Church of Christ the Saviour), around the walls of the Castle. Suddenly a torrential rain broke out, causing the Erythropotamos and the ditches around the Byzantine Castle to swell and flood the Latin camp, carrying away their siege engines. The crusaders retreated in disorderly flight, breaking the suffocating siege of the Castle. Didymoteicho was miraculously saved.
Many pilgrims flock to the feast and many stay overnight in the Church of Christ the Saviour on the eve of the feast
words from tradition
