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Letters by Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, No 2 3 November 2011 “What can one say about peirasmos (trials, temptations)? Nea Skete 21 /1/1987 To my beloved child, I fatherly pray that Christ’s Grace be with your spirit. I have received your letter, which was ju...
Banner, late 18th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: scene: 45 x 45 cm., the whole banner: 80 x 80 cm. The scene on this banner consists of a double-headed eagle with its wings raised and the imperial crown between its two heads. Each o...
Banners, Introduction Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 The ‘lavaron’ is a kind of flag. It consists of a square or oblong piece of material which hangs stretched from the top of a pole and falls along it. It is used on certain festivals in churches, in re...
Pyle of Sts Constantine and Helen, 1760 Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 310 x 210 cm. Here the subject of the decoration is divided into two zones: in the upper part, against a sea-blue background, the Eternal Father is seated amid the angelic choir and g...
Pyles, Introduction Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 The pyle is the curtain which fills the gap above the low double doors of the central entrance of the sanctuary. Today, this curtain has on it depictions of Christ as the Great High Priest, or the Lam...
Podea of the embroiderer Evangelistria, 1716 Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 50 x 44.5 cm. The work is divided into two bands by two inscriptions, one liturgical and one dedicatory. In the top one is a bust of the white-haired Ancient of Days, surrounded by a ...
Podea with the Root of Jesse, mid 17th cen­tury Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 179.5 x 54.7 cm. The subject is the Root of Jesse41, in conjunction with ‘The Prophets from on High’. On the edge of the podea, against a green background, Jesse is shown recumben...
Podeas, Introduction Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 The podea is a liturgical ornament hung immediately below an icon, a kind of ‘apron’. In texts it is also referred as a ‘poderes skenos’, ‘kraspedon’, or ‘pterygion’ and ‘emprostalion of the holy icon...
Buckle, 19th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: diameter: 10 cm. The Vatopaidi Monastery possesses a number of fine embroidered buckles. The one described here is an imitation of a metal buckle. It consists of two disks with a he...
Belt with facing birds, 19th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions; 114 x 7.5 cm. (Fig. 385). The belt is embroidered on velvet with a row of facing birds which are pecking a heart-shaped plant. They are separated by amphoras which are surrounded by spira...
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