Icons of the Theotokos

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Christian devotional image Marian image object of veneration religious icon

Icons of the Theotokos are sacred Christian images depicting Mary, the Mother of God, venerated especially in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic traditions.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Theotokos (Mother of God) 3
Eleousa (Tenderness) icon type 1
Holy Theotokos 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian devotional image ⓘ
Marian image ⓘ
object of veneration ⓘ
religious icon ⓘ
affirmedByCouncil Second Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Icons of the Mother of God NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marian icons ⓘ
associatedBelief intercession of Mary ⓘ
miraculous protection ⓘ
associatedPractice incense offering ⓘ
kissing the icon ⓘ
lighting candles ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine Incarnation of Christ ⓘ
veneration of saints ⓘ
canonicalSource Byzantine iconographic manuals ⓘ
Painter’s manuals (hermeneiai) ⓘ
centralFigure Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonType Eleousa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enthroned Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hodegetria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Platytera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theotokos of the Sign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theotokos with Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts Mary, the Mother of God NERFINISHED ⓘ
function aid to prayer ⓘ
didactic image ⓘ
sign of divine presence ⓘ
iconographicFeature Greek Christogram IC XC NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek letters MP ΘΥ ⓘ
gold background ⓘ
halo around Christ Child ⓘ
halo around Mary ⓘ
influenced Balkan Christian art ⓘ
Russian iconography ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine art NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalPlacement church apse ⓘ
home icon corner ⓘ
iconostasis ⓘ
material fresco ⓘ
gold leaf ⓘ
mosaic ⓘ
tempera paint ⓘ
wooden panel ⓘ
opposedDuring Byzantine Iconoclasm NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalTitleDepicted Theotokos (God-bearer) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn church decoration ⓘ
liturgical worship ⓘ
private devotion ⓘ
processions ⓘ
veneratedIn Byzantine Rite churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Catholic churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek Orthodox churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Slavic Orthodox churches NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diveyevo Monastery → associatedWith → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Theotokos
Our Lady of Smolensk → category → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
Panagia Esphagmeni → category → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Icons of the Virgin Mary
Panagia Vimatarissa → category → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
Church of the Holy Virgin Hodegetria → dedicatedTo → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Virgin Hodegetria
Diveyevo Monastery → devotionalFocus → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theotokos (Mother of God)
Church of the Virgin → hasIconography → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
subject surface form: Church of the Virgin (Gelati Monastery)
this entity surface form: Theotokos (Mother of God)
Mary in Eastern Christianity → iconographicTheme → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eleousa (Tenderness) icon type
Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat → namedAfter → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theotokos (Mother of God)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help → papalInstruction → Icons of the Theotokos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pope Pius IX entrusted the icon to the Redemptorists