Jesus Christ the Pantocrator – Handmade Hagiography – Mount Athos

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Handmade Hagiography On natural linden wood by the hands of the hagiographer, the saintly monk Father Vasilios, who is buried in the Holy Cell of Agios Anthony of the Holy Monastery of Philotheus..
An exceptional iconography depicting Jesus Christ Pantocrator , crafted entirely by hand.

This specific iconography has been crafted by the Agiorite Father Vasilios, based on Byzantine iconography standards. The depiction of the Saint has been painted entirely by hand. Coating the hagiography with pure beeswax ensures that the colors of the image remain unchanged over time.

In all the history of the world, the only conqueror of decay and death is Christ. With his sacrifice on the cross, he definitively defeated death and sin.</p> <p>The Resurrection of Christ is the foundation of the Church. The incarnation of God marks the entrance of the eternal and imperishable into history. Into a world disintegrating in rot and decay, eternity, personified in Christ, invades as the possibility of overcoming death. The Resurrection of Christ constitutes the definitive victory over death, not only as a continuation of biological life but as immortality.</p> <p>Christ is the Savior of the world and the Resurrection of mankind. </p>

Jesus Christ appears in Orthodox Christian iconography with the epithet Pantokrator. The central dome (dome) of all Byzantine churches is painted with the image of the Almighty Jesus, while in the churches that lack a dome, in the style of the Basilica, the image is painted in the center of the ceiling. Christ the Almighty is usually depicted stern, but full of love with his right hand blessing and his left hand carrying the Gospel. Angels fly around him, praising his glory forever