Icon of Christ Pantocrator, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai

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Icon of Christ Pantocrator, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai

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6th century CE (Constantinople?)
Encaustic icon of Christ Pantocrator (All-Powerful), the noticeable asymmetry in Christ’s face has been described by scholars as a visualization of his two natures as both man and God.

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“Icon of Christ Pantocrator, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai,” HAA Image Hosting, accessed May 21, 2026, https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/1285.

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