Byzantine icons

medieval Byzantine icon

artistic theme and title of Mary

painting of Christ

art movement

medieval Byzantine icon depicting the Virgin and Child

thumb|upright|Maria Advocata (Madonna del Rosario), c. 6th century thumb|upright|Georgian Agiosoritissa icon () thumb|upright|Freising Agiasoritissa, 12th century The Panagia Agiosoritissa or Hagiosoritissa () is the name for a type of Marian icon, showing Mary without the Christ Child, slightly from the side with both hands raised in prayer. The type is known in Latin as Maria Advocata.

right|thumb|The icon of the [[Theotokos kept in Moscow since 1653 and considered to be the Blachernitissa (46 × 37,5 × 4 cm; Tretyakov Gallery)]]

Marian icon

subject in art

icon in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai