Christ Pantocrator: Depiction of Christ

In Christian iconography, Christ Pantocrator (Greek: Χριστὸς Παντοκράτωρ) 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: Depiction of Christ
Jesus Christ Pantocrator (Detail from the deesis mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul)
Christ Pantocrator: Depiction of Christ
Christ Pantocrator in the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre's catholicon. Church domes are a common site of Pantocrator images

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