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Marvelous mosaic of Christ Pantocrator (“ruler over all”) from the Hagia Sophia in Instanbul. It is the central figure of the so called Deësis mosaic (Δέησις, "Entreaty") which probably dates from a relatively late 1261. It is considered by many to be the finest mosaic in Hagia Sophia.
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- Autocephaly
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- Christ Pantocrator
- Council of Chalcedon
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- Eastern Orthodox Church organization
- East–West Schism
- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Feast of Christ the King
- First Council of Nicaea
- Gregory of Nyssa
- John Chrysostom
- John of Damascus
- Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
- Nicholas Kabasilas
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical