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Furthermore, the location of St. Catherine's in the rocky desert of Sinai, far away from any major trade or military route, kept the religious art housed within the monastery away from raiders as well as conquering armies. [20] Today, the monastery boasts a remarkable collection of over 2,000 icons, dating from the sixth century to modern times ...
Madonna of the Dry Tree, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. 14.7 centimetres (5.8 in) x 12.4 centimetres (4.9 in). Madonna of the Dry Tree or Our Lady of the Barren Tree [1] is a small oil-on-oak panel painting dated c. 1462–1465, attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic in Byzantine style from the Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily. The most common translation of Pantocrator is "Almighty" or "All-powerful". In this understanding, Pantokrator is a compound word formed from the Greek words πᾶς, pas (GEN παντός pantos), i.e. "all" [4] and κράτος, kratos, i.e. "strength", "might", "power". [5]
The adjoining Church of St. Catherine is a Catholic church dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria, built in a more modern Gothic Revival style. It has been further modernized according to the liturgical trends which followed Vatican II. This is the church where the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem celebrates Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.
The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator – Saint Catherine's Monastery. The halo is a representation of the divine Logos of Christ, and the two different facial expressions on either side emphasize Christ's dual nature as both divine and human. [1] [2]
That's the idea behind the Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center's newly minted Center for Healthy Aging, which opened its doors to patients Tuesday for the first time. The clinic, at 1692 ...
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria is a c. 1495 oil on panel painting by Perugino of the Madonna and Child with John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria. It is now in the Louvre in Paris. [1] [2]
May 7—The Texas organization that owns Santa Fe's Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center has entered into a new pact with a Georgia-based private equity-backed staffing firm, a hospital ...