R12 02-6 - Odigitria Mother of God

The face of Mary, noble and serene, reflects the classical Byzantine splendour; the incarnate, transfigured by a gentle play of shadows and lights, recalls the waxed light of divine energy according to the teaching of Gregory Palamas, With her left hand the Mother of God holds the child and with her right hand she shows it to the faithful. Wrapped in the great himation Regal, blessing and with the scroll of the Law (which finds fulfilment in him), Christ appears in the luminous radiance of his divine-humanity.