Christ Pantocrator
In Christian iconography, Christ Pantocrator (Greek: Χριστὸς Παντοκράτωρ)[1] is the very specific depiction of Christ. Pantocrator or Pantokrator, usually translated as "Almighty" or "all-powerful", came from one of many names of God in Judaism.
Christ Pantocrator Media
Jesus Christ Pantocrator (Detail from the deesis mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul)
Christ Pantocrator in the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre's catholicon. Church domes are a common site of Pantocrator images.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic in Byzantine style from the Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily
The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, encaustic on panel (Saint Catherine's Monastery). The two different facial expressions on either side may emphasize Christ's two natures as fully God and fully human.
Mirror composites of the two sides of the face.
The Pantokrator on the Hungarian Holy Crown, c. 1075
Pantocràtor de Taüll, Sant Climent de Taüll Church, Catalonia. (Now at MNAC-Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona)
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Christ Pantocrator inside the dome of Church of the Saviour on the Blood (Храм Спаса на Крови), St. Petersburg
Mosaic of Palatine Chapel in Palermo
References
- ↑ παντοκράτωρ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at Perseus Project
