Christ Pantokrator of Mt. Sinai – 24k Gold

A beautiful silver & gold Greek Orthodox icon of Christ the Pantokrator of Mt. Sinai.

It is the oldest known surviving example of the icon of Christ Pantocrator and was originally painted in encaustic on panel in the sixth or seventh century, and survived the period of destruction of images during the Iconoclastic disputes that twice racked the Eastern church, 726 to 787 and 814 to 842, by being preserved in the remote desert of the Sinai, in Saint Catherine’s Monastery.

The two different facial expressions on either side emphasize Christ’s two natures as fully God and fully human.

Made of 950o proof silver and 24k gold on a selected timber frame with the painted parts of the icon painted by hand. Exact reproduction of an antique Byzantine masterpiece.

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