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Pages in category "Greek feminine given names" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aella;
Maria Advocata (Madonna del Rosario), c. 6th century Georgian Agiosoritissa icon (c. 1100) Freising Agiasoritissa, 12th century The Panagia Agiosoritissa or Hagiosoritissa (Greek: Ἁγιοσορίτισσα) is the name for a type of Marian icon, showing Mary without the Christ Child, slightly from the side with both hands raised in prayer.
The women in the painting are thought to be Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary's two sisters. A kneeling woman holds a flower, referring to the lilies that miraculously filled the empty coffin. The Antwerp Cathedral of Our Lady opened a competition for an Assumption altar in 1611. Rubens submitted models to the clergy on 16 February 1611.
The painting is egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panel. The dimensions are 83.3 cm (33 in ) x 66.5 cm (26.2 in) it was completed between 1585-1630. The painting features the Virgin holding the infant Jesus. The icon depicts the Virgin Mary up to the waist holding Christ with her left hand. The toddler looks away.
This is a list of women artists who were born in Greece or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The name of the pod that was made to rescue 33 men in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Chile on October 13, 2010. GM's Pontiac Firebird sported a decal of a huge phoenix on the hood of its Trans Am model. Although it came in vogue in the early seventies, the decal stayed as a cornerstone of the styling until the early eighties before it was ...
The term Virgin of the Sign or Our Lady of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel". Such an image is often placed in the apse of the sanctuary of an Orthodox church above the Holy Table (altar). [2]
Theologians view the Woman of the apocalyse in Revelation 12:1–3 as a foresight to the Virgin Mary, both the mother of God and the mother of church; taking Revelation 12 as a reference to Mary, Israel, and the Church as a threefold symbolism through the Book of Isaiah and affirms Mary as the mother of Jesus Christ as the prophetic fulfilment ...