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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]
Since the inception of the religion, he has been depicted in countless paintings. Christ Pantocrator is a specific depiction of the almighty. The word is derived from the Greek words παντός (pantos) meaning all and κράτος (kratos), meaning power and dominion.
The Christ Pantocrator of Sinai is a 6th-century Byzantine icon depicting Jesus Christ, housed at Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt.
Omnipotence is the quality of having unlimited power. Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence only to the deity of their faith. In the monotheistic religious philosophy of Abrahamic religions, omnipotence is often listed as one of God's characteristics, along with omniscience, omnipresence, and omnibenevolence.
The mosaics are made of glass tesserae and were executed in Byzantine style between the late 12th and the mid-13th centuries by local masters. [2] With the exception of a high dado, made of marble slabs with bands of mosaic between them, the whole interior surface of the walls, including soffits and jambs of all the arches, is covered with minute mosaic-pictures in bright colors on a gold ground.
Pantokrator may refer to: Christ Pantocrator, a specific depiction of Christ in Christian iconography; Mount Pantokrator, Corfu, Greece; Pantokratoros monastery, Greece;
(The Center Square) – A new Republican oversight report accuses former Congresswoman Liz Cheney of colluding with witnesses in the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigation that she oversaw. The ...
Sadasiva is the omnipotent, subtle, luminous absolute, the highest manifestation of Shiva. Sadasiva is believed to bestow anugraha and vilaya , or grace and obscuration of pasha , which are the fourth and fifth of the Panchakritya , or the "five holy acts" of Shiva.