Great Deesis - Icon in the Monastery of St. Catherine

The Icons of St. Catherine's Monastery

In Egypt's Sinai

John Watson

Great Deesis
Great Deesis - Icon in the Monastery of St. Catherine

This icon represents the Great Deesis with Angels, Hierarchs, Martyrs, Hosioi and crowned Saints, grouped in five respective rows. This is a portable icon dating to the 12th century and the Comnenian Age.

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