has but to enter this church to see unfold on the walls and ceiling all the mystery of the Christian faith" (Anderson). On entering the church the eye is automatically drawn to the apse where two adjacent domes feature the mosaics of the Pentecost and of the Mother of God. In the lower of the two dome mosaics is the depiction of the Virgin Mary, often called the Theotokos, enthroned with her son, Christ. A sphere containing geometric pattering and Christian scripture encircles them and both the mother and the Christ child are shown with halos above their heads. Mary is holding her son, Christ, sacredly in her arms while he graciously blesses the v
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