Panagia Eleousa

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Panagia Eleousa is a revered Orthodox icon type depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly pressing her cheek to the Christ Child, symbolizing mercy and compassionate love.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Panagia Eleousa canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marian icon ⓘ
Orthodox icon type ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Our Lady of Tenderness ⓘ
associatedWith Marian devotion ⓘ
compassionate intercession ⓘ
prayers for mercy ⓘ
contrastsWith Hodegetria icon type ⓘ
depicts Christ Child ⓘ
linked to: Child Jesus

Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasCharacteristicGesture Virgin Mary pressing her cheek to the Christ Child ⓘ
hasIconographicFeature Christ Child embracing Mary ⓘ
linked to: Madonna and Child

emotional expressiveness ⓘ
faces of Mother and Child touching ⓘ
hasIconographicType Eleousa ⓘ
hasTheme divine compassion ⓘ
intercession of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
intimate relationship between Mother and Child ⓘ
iconographicFocus closeness of God to humanity ⓘ
emphasis on maternal love ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
meaningOfName All-Holy of Mercy ⓘ
linked to: Mother of Mercy
symbolizes compassionate love ⓘ
mercy ⓘ
tenderness ⓘ
tradition Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
usedFor liturgical veneration ⓘ
private devotion ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Christian tradition ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panagia → hasIconType → Panagia Eleousa ⓘ