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

“Whilst praising your Offspring...” (Akathist, Eikos 12)

Dionisy's frescoes. “Whilst praising your Offspring...” (Akathist, Eikos 12)

A temple with an open door against which the Mother of God with the baby is depicted, symbolically represents the Theotokos as “a living temple”, a tabernacle for the incarnated God. According to the text of the eikos the “godly kings” are on the left and the “faithful priests” are on the right.