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    In Byzantine art, and in later Eastern Orthodox art generally, the Deësis or Deisis (/deɪˈiːsɪs/, day-EE-siss; Greek: δέησις, "prayer" or "supplication")...
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    An example of Byzantine pictorial art, the Deësis mosaic at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople...
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    in the Sinai (archived 20 February 2006) The icon Christ Pantocrator at Chilandar Monastery on Holy Mount Athos The Deesis Pantocrator in Hagia Sophia...
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    Hutchinson, London, 1967, p. 92. Freeman, Evan (2021). "Hagia Sophia's Deesis Mosaic". Smarthistory Guide to Byzantine Art. Vasiliev 1952, pp. 343–344...
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    however, some of the city's monuments were restored, and some, like the two Deesis mosaics in Hagia Sophia and Kariye, were created. Various economic and military...
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    Pantocrator, "Christ, Ruler of All", a usually unaccompanied figure, and the Deesis, where a full-length enthroned Christ is entreated by Mary and St. John...
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    Holy Virgin Mary often flank Jesus on either side. The composition of the Deesis came to be included in every Eastern Orthodox church, as remains the case...
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    VIII Palaiologos in 1261 the Hagia Sophia was restored and a beautiful new Deesis was made on the south gallery. This huge mosaic panel with figures two and...
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    represents the heavenly redemption, and includes the central classical Deësis arrangement of God (identified either as Christ the King or God the Father)...
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    Gregory the Theologian, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) Theotokos from Deësis, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) Some think this may be the work of...
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