The Virgin Nativity Cathedral
Section of Northern Lengthwise Nave. South View

“...was wholly present with those on earth, yet never absent from those in Heaven...” (Akathist, Eikos 8)

Dionisy's frescoes. “...was wholly present with those on earth, yet never absent from those in Heaven...” (Akathist, Eikos 8)

Deesis (Saviour enthroned, Theotokos and John the Baptist) with Old Keter in a medallion supported by angels. Below are the righteous men in white clothes rising from the dead. Christ’s gesture emphasizes the role of the Theotokos in the incarnation and birth of the Saviour.