Definition of Deesis. Meaning of Deesis. Synonyms of Deesis

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Definition of Deesis

Deesis
Deesis De*e"sis (d[-e]*[=e]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`hsis supplication.] (Rhet.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.

Meaning of Deesis from wikipedia

- also feature the Deesis. After the development of the full iconostasis screen there was room for a larger "Deesis row" or "Great Deesis" of full-length...
- Pantocrator has no visible throne, but the earlier Deesis does, and at least a single-step dais. The Deesis continues to appear in Western art, but not as...
- in the central Deësis panels. These panels are flanked by two pairs of images on the folding wings. The two panel closest to the Deësis show singers in...
- An example of Byzantine pictorial art, the Deësis mosaic at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople...
- in the Sinai (archived 20 February 2006) The icon Christ Pantocrator at Chilandar Monastery on Holy Mount Athos The Deesis Pantocrator in Hagia Sophia...
- VIII Palaiologos in 1261 the Hagia Sophia was restored and a beautiful new Deesis was made on the south gallery. This huge mosaic panel with figures two and...
- The Deësis mosaic Mosaic in the northern tympanum depicting Saint John Chrysostom Detail of the Christ Pantocrator mosaic, also known as the Deësis mosaic...
- however, some of the city's monuments were restored, and some, like the two Deesis mosaics in Hagia Sophia and Kariye, were created. Various economic and military...
- Gregory the Theologian, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) Theotokos from Deësis, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) Some think this may be the work of...
- who are supplicating on behalf of those being judged (in what is called a Deesis group in Orthodoxy). Saint Michael is often shown, either weighing the deceased...