Eagle, Symbol of St John the Evangelist
detail from Painted and Carved Images on the Iconostasis
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales / Artist | about 1990 Carved wooden scenes and decoration, with inset painted panels of saints and icons. The Last Supper is imaged above the doors. Main icons from left to right: St George, St Michael, St Nicholas and the Virgin and Child, Christ, Angel with head of John the Baptist, Raphael and St Demetrius.Copyright: Artist Church of St Nicholas, Cardiff entrance to the chancel |
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- 'Pantocrator', Christ enthroned, making a speaking or blessing gesture and holding a book
- Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood [John 19:25-27]
- Madonna: Mary standing (or half-length), Christ-child close to her bosom
- St Demetrius
- St George
- St John the Baptist
- St Nicholas of Myra
- the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel [Luke 1:26-38]
- the Archangel Michael
- the Archangel Raphael
- the Last Supper [Matthew 26:21-35; Mark 14:18-31; Luke 22:15-23; John 13:21-38]
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Further reading
Andreas Andreopoulos, 'Icons and the Bible: St Nicholas's Orthodox Church, Cardiff' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 266-9.
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales / Artist
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