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Sinai icon of the All-holy Theotokos dated to the thirteenth century. Τὴν οὐράνιον πύλην καὶ κιβωτόν, τὸ πανάγιον ὄρος, τὴν φωταυγῆ, νεφέλην ὑμνήσωμεν τὴν οὐράνιον κλίμακα, τὸν λογικὸν Παράδεισον, τῆς Εὔας τὴν λύτρωσιν, τῆς οἰκουμένης πάσης, τὸ μέγα κειμήλιον, ὅτι σωτηρία, ἐν αὐτῇ διεπράχθη, τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἄφεσις, τῶν ἀρχαίων ἐγκλημάτων. Διὰ τοῦτο […] The chapel of Saints Cosmas and Damian is at the southwest corner of the Sinai basilica. The holy table faces east, but the iconostasion is aligned with the wall of the basilica. The panel beneath the icon of the All-holy Theotokos depicts a repeating pattern of rosebuds. The iconostasion dates from the eighteenth century. […] |
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