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Christ Pantokrator

A Sinai icon of Christ Pantokrator dated to the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries. The Gospel displays the opening words of the following verses, Δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς. Ἄρατε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς καὶ μάθετε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ὅτι πρᾷός εἰμι καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν […]

Mahogany Stasidia

The stasidia at Sinai are made of thick panels of mahogany. The stasidia at the front of the basilica are decorated with carved crosses.

In Praise of Saint Paul

Sinai icon of Saint Paul dated to the thirteenth century.

Τίς οὖν ἄρα καὶ ἡμῖν ἐπεύξεται, ἐπειδὴ Παῦλος ἀπῆλθεν; Οἱ Παύλου ζηλωταὶ οὗτοι, μόνον ἀξίους παράσχωμεν ἑαυτοὺς τῆς τοιαύτης συνηγορίας, ἵνα μὴ ἐνταῦθα μόνον ἀκούσωμεν τῆς Παύλου φωνῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀπελθόντες ἰδεῖν καταξιωθῶμεν τὸν ἀθλητὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ· μᾶλλον δὲ ἂν ἐνταῦθα ἀκούσωμεν, κἀκεῖ πάντως […]