Nowhere is this strangeness more apparent than in the majestic sixth-century Christ Pantocrator of Sinai, an icon whose asymmetry has been the subject of endless commentary. Using the same split ...

Christ Pantocrator means “all-powerful or Almighty Christ.” The Pantocrator image, which typically depicts Christ seated in enthroned glory, was (and is) especially popular in the Byzantine icon ...

Christ Pantocrator, 16th c. Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán, Mexico. With fingers raised in blessing and left palm resting upon an orb, this image of Christ Pantocrator is made of feathers ...

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Pantocrator in Patras, Greece, stands out for having been modeled after Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

In one depiction of Christ Pantocrator, he was missing several fingers, and his facial features were slightly smudged and contorted. In another depiction of Christ gesturing toward an open Bible, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, January 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the Transfiguration Cathedral with the icon of Christ Pantocrator as a Christmas gift. Putin attended on Monday an ...

Vatican City (Fides Service) – As usual on Sunday 23 November Pope John Paul II came to his study window to pray the midday Angelus with people gathered in St Peter’s Square, who were several thousand ...

Reigning under the Pantocrator: St Stephen's Crown, 1072-67, from the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest. Both photos on this page are from The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom. Browse Church ...