Ephesus
Christ, Light of the World
Jesus Christ blessing, with the Gospel open
Ο ΩΝ · ΚϹ ΧϹ He Who Is. Written across the open book, in Greek: I am the light of the world, and whoever walks in darkness shall have the light of life.
- Depicts
- Jesus Christ blessing, with the Gospel open
- Tradition
- Byzantine
- Support
- Nordic pine panel
- Technique
- Chromography on wood, mixed technique polychromy
- Finish
- By hand, in our own workshop
- Dimensions
- 30 x 42 cm
- Panel thickness
- 1,8 cm
- Weight
- 1,8 kg
- Delivery time
- 21 days
The journey
The line on the book is from the gospel of John, and John wrote it in Ephesus, where he spent his final years. Of that city there remain a marble street and a ruined basilica.
How to read it
Unlike the Pantocrator, here the book is open and can be read. It is the same figure saying the opposite: not judgement withheld, but a word offered.
When it is given
Confirmation and ordination. Also a parish office or a catechism room.
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