| 05012 The Iconostasis with this Deisis at its
center is located in the side chapel of the Archangels' Cathedral in Moscow. It
does not serve its original purpose, but is placed there more as a museum
piece. Information on where the iconostasis comes from is not available at this
time. It may have come from one of the destroyed churches in the Moscow Kremlin
or elsewhere. |
| The
word 'Deisis' comes from a Greek word meaning 'prayer' or 'intercession'. In
iconographic language it represents a group of three persons: Christ, seated in
majesty in the center, with his Mother to his right and John the Forerunner to
his left. The persons are slightly bowed while raising their hands in a gesture
of humbly asking. While the Deisis traditionally showed only three figures,
Theophanes the Greek (1330-1410) profoundly...
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