Anastasis / Harrowing of Hell
A subject whose growing popularity after the restoration of images is noted in the Met’s Byzantine iconography overview.
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Annunciation
Scene of Gabriel announcing to the Virgin that she will bear Christ; widely represented within Byzantine narrative cycles.
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Explore →Ascension
Christ ascends within a mandorla borne by angels while the Virgin and apostles remain below; the scene often occupied elevated church zones.
ChristVirginapostlesmandorla
Explore →Baptism / Epiphany
A narrative subject explicitly represented among Byzantine icons and later feast cycles.
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Explore →Birth of the Virgin
Narrative subject from the life of the Virgin represented in Byzantine and related Orthodox cycles.
VirginMarian cycle
Explore →Communion of the Apostles
A Eucharistic scene in which Christ distributes the sacrament to the apostles; at Saint Sophia in Kyiv it appears below the apse Virgin in the sanctuary program and parallels the liturgy at the altar.
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Explore →Crucifixion
A central Passion subject represented in Byzantine sacred imagery.
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Explore →Deposition from the Cross
Removal of Christ’s body from the cross, represented as part of Byzantine Passion cycles.
ChristPassionCross
Explore →Entry into Jerusalem
Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, a recurring narrative subject preceding Passion scenes in Byzantine cycles.
ChristJerusalemPassion cycle
Explore →Foot Washing
A Passion-related scene that appears in the narthexes of Hosios Loukas, Nea Moni, and Daphni; Smarthistory notes a possible relationship to Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual.
Holy ThursdaynarthexritualChrist
Explore →Incredulity of Thomas
Post-Resurrection scene in which Thomas encounters the risen Christ and his wounds; preserved in Middle Byzantine mosaic programs.
ThomasChristResurrection
Explore →Koimesis / Dormition of the Virgin
A Marian subject identified among image types that grew in prominence in the post-Iconoclast period.
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Explore →Lamentation
Mourning over the dead Christ, a subject included in Byzantine Passion imagery and later emotionally intensified cycles.
ChristVirginmourningPassion
Explore →Last Judgment
Eschatological subject used prominently in Late Byzantine funerary contexts such as the Chora parekklesion.
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Explore →Last Supper
Meal of Christ with the apostles represented among Byzantine Passion and liturgical narrative cycles.
ChristapostlesEucharistPassion
Explore →Nativity of Christ
Birth of Christ represented as a major subject in Byzantine cycles of Christ’s life.
feastChristNativityIncarnation
Explore →Pentecost
Descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, represented in Byzantine cycles and in a smaller dome above the altar at Hosios Loukas.
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Explore →Presentation / Meeting of the Lord
Presentation of Christ in the Temple, also called the Meeting of the Lord, represented in monumental and portable Byzantine cycles.
feastChristTempleHypapante
Explore →Presentation of the Virgin
Narrative subject showing the young Virgin presented at the Temple, represented in Byzantine Marian cycles.
VirginTempleMarian cycle
Explore →Raising of Lazarus
Christ’s raising of Lazarus, commonly represented within sequences leading toward the Passion and Resurrection.
ChristLazarusPassion cycle
Explore →Saint John Dictating to Prochoros
A narrative image of Saint John the Theologian dictating to his scribe Prochoros in a cave on Patmos, preserved in the early-fifteenth-century Met door panels.
John the TheologianProchorosPatmosscribe
Explore →Transfiguration
Scene of Christ’s transfiguration before selected disciples, a recurring subject in Byzantine sacred art.
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Explore →Washing of the Feet
Christ washing the disciples’ feet, represented in Middle Byzantine church programs including Hosios Loukas.
ChristapostlesPassionHosios Loukas
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