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Christ Pantocrator mosaic in Byzantine style from the Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily. The most common translation of Pantocrator is "Almighty" or "All-powerful". In this understanding, Pantokrator is a compound word formed from the Greek words πᾶς, pas (GEN παντός pantos), i.e. "all" [4] and κράτος, kratos, i.e. "strength", "might", "power". [5]
Christ Pantocrator (Sinai) Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine's Monastery is one of the oldest Byzantine religious icons, dating from the 6th century AD. [1] The earliest known surviving depiction of Jesus Christ as Pantocrator (literally ruler of all), it is regarded by historians and scholars among the most important and recognizable works ...
Panagia tou Kastrou (Παναγία του Κάστρου) Christ Pantocrator is a tempera painting created by Ieremias Palladas. Ieremias was associated with Saint Catherine 's sacred monastery in Egypt also known as Mount Sinai. He was a Sinaitic monk, painter, and teacher. His nephew Gerasimos Palladas became the Patriarch of Alexandria.
Known for. Iconography and hagiography. Movement. Cretan School. Ieremias Palladas (Greek: Ιερεμίας Παλλαδάς, 1580-1592 – 1659), also known as Pouladas (Greek: Πουλαδάς) Ieremia Pallada. He was a Greek Renaissance painter. He was a clergyman, painter, and educator. He was affiliated with Saint Catherine's Monastery in ...
Located at the foot of Mount Sinai, it was built between 548 and 565, and is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. [1][2][3] The monastery was built by the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, enclosing what is claimed to be the burning bush seen by Moses. [4][5] Centuries later, the purported body of Saint ...
Zeyrek Mosque (Turkish: Zeyrek Camii) or the Monastery of the Pantokrator (Greek: Μονή του Παντοκράτορος Χριστού; Turkish: Pantokrator Manastırı), is a large mosque on the Fazilet Street in the Zeyrek district of Fatih in Istanbul, overlooking the Golden Horn. It is made up of two former Byzantine churches and a ...
Pantocrator at the Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll, surrounded by the mandorla. The Master of Taüll (or Master of Tahull) is considered the greatest mural painter of the 12th century in Catalonia, as well as one of the most important Romanesque painters in Europe. His main work is the church of Sant Climent de Taüll, with the famous apse ...
Icon of Christ the Pantocrator.The Icon represents the dual nature of Christ, illustrating traits of both man and God. [1]Dyophysitism (/ d aɪ ˈ ɒ f ɪ s aɪ t ɪ z əm /; [2] from Greek δύο dyo, "two" and φύσις physis, "nature") is the Christological position that Jesus Christ is one person of one substance and one hypostasis, with two distinct, inseparable natures, divine and ...