Agiosoritissa
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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- Madonna
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- Byzantine art
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- Byzantine Empire
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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.
==Names== The names used for the icon, Hagiosoritissa and, in Russian, Khalkopratiskaya (), derive from the church of the Holy Urn (Greek: Ἁγία Σορός, in reference to the urn containing the Cincture of the Theotokos) in Constantinople's Chalkoprateia (Χαλκοπρατεῖα, "copper market") district.
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