Theotokos – The Virgin and Child – Hagia Sophia, 537 A.D. Anthony Sue Kouma Johnson

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This is an illustration by Hildegard of Bingen of one of her mystical visions

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Theotokos – The Virgin and Child – Hagia Sophia, 537 A.D. Anthony Sue Kouma JohnsonTheotokos The Virgin and Child Hagia Sophia, 537 A. D. Theotokos is how she was known at that time, the one who gave birth to God. That is what we mean when we pray, Holy Mary, Mother of God. This beautiful and ancient mosaic is from the Hagia Sophia, which was the great church of Christendom for a thousand years. Finished in 537 by the Emperor Justinian, it was the jewel of Byzantium and the center of Eastern Christian worship until the city fell