A special moment unfolded outside the port of Tinos on August 15, when Tinian captain of the Blue Star Mykonos, Evangelos Arathymos, paid tribute to the Virgin Mary as the ship arrived on the island.

The Blue Star Mykonos arrived shortly before … outside the port of Tinos, with Evangelos Arathymos honoring, as he has done in recent years, the Virgin Mary of Tinos.

The gesture by the Tinian captain created a special moment for those who were there, on a day of particular religious and symbolic significance for the island.

Evangelos Arathymos has also expressed in the past, in his own way, his love for his place of origin and the Virgin Mary.

This year’s tribute on August 15 was yet another characteristic moment of the Tinian captain’s special connection with the island.