Theotokos – The Virgin and Child – Hagia Sophia, 537 A.D. Anthony Vist our other restore photos

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This is an illustration by Hildegard of Bingen of one of her mystical visions

revealing a beautiful portrait of the Virgin

We have several more restored photos of the Fatima Children as well as many other Catholic Saints here at our store

Sue tried to capture their style and also the way they depicted her in a few of the paintings

Theotokos – The Virgin and Child – Hagia Sophia, 537 A.D. Anthony Vist our other restore photosTheotokos The Virgin and Child Hagia Sophia, 537 A. D. Theotokos is how she was known at that time, the one who gave birth to God. That is what we mean when we pray, Holy Mary, Mother of God. This beautiful and ancient mosaic is from the Hagia Sophia, which was the great church of Christendom for a thousand years. Finished in 537 by the Emperor Justinian, it was the jewel of Byzantium and the center of Eastern Christian worship until the city fell