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		<title>Byzantine Enkolpion Cross at Vatopedi Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Preserved in the treasury of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, this Byzantine enkolpion cross dates from the 12th century and is fashioned from stone and carved gold. Compact in scale yet densely worked, it belongs to the tradition of precious portable objects intended to be worn close to the body. The suspension loop above the upper arm still makes that original relationship with the wearer immediately legible. Across the surface, ornament and inscription are closely integrated. A [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vatopedi Great Deesis Triptych: A 13th-Century Enkolpion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Vatopedi Great Deesis triptych is a small Byzantine enkolpion of the thirteenth century, preserved in the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos. Its central element is carved in steatite, while the hinged wings are made of silver gilt with enamel decoration. The object measures approximately 5.5 × 10 × 1.2 cm when open. Its compact scale and coordinated materials place it among the refined works of Byzantine miniature art. The central stone plaque was originally a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>All Saints of Mount Athos Icon: Vatopedi, 1810</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A dense field of golden haloes gives the All Saints of Mount Athos icon its immediate visual character. Painted by an anonymous artist in 1810 and preserved at the Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, the portable icon gathers into a single composition the monks, ascetics, hierarchs and other holy figures associated with the Athonite peninsula. The date, written clearly at the lower right, fixes the work within the early nineteenth century, while the subject belongs to a broader effort [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Byzantine Reliquary Cross at Vatopedi Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Byzantine reliquary cross preserved at Vatopedi Monastery is a small cast-brass work dated to the eleventh or twelfth century. Conceived as both a cross and a reliquary, it combines two closely related sacred images: the Crucified Christ and the Theotokos in supplication. Its compact form, suspension fitting, and articulated construction belong to a well-established family of Byzantine reliquary crosses. The terminology of reliquary, metalwork, and sacred image follows established art-historical usage. Byzantine Reliquary Cross: Form and Iconography Across the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christ in Glory Enkolpion at Vatopedi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Christ in Glory Enkolpion preserved at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos is a double-sided oval Byzantine pendant dated to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century. Its small scale concentrates precious materials, imagery and inscription within a tightly organized surface. Scholarly discussion identifies the object as approximately 4.1 cm high. One face presents Christ in Glory in cloisonné enamel; the other incorporates a dark green jasper intaglio of the Virgin and Child, an engraved [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Saint Nikodemos of Vatopedi Icon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Saint Nikodemos of Vatopedi icon presents the fourteenth-century Athonite hesychast in a modern portable image associated with the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi. Its anonymous painter works within the continuing Byzantine artistic tradition of Mount Athos, placing the half-length figure against an uninterrupted gold ground. Two identifying Greek inscriptions, Ο ΑΓΙΟΣ ΝΙΚΟΔΗΜΟΣ and Ο ΒΑΤΟΠΕΔΙΝΟΣ, occupy the upper field. The elderly monk faces forward, though his lowered, slightly averted gaze gives the physiognomy a contemplative reserve. Saint Nikodemos of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Peter and Paul Vatopedi Fresco: Late Komnenian Embrace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Peter and Paul Vatopedi fresco, preserved at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, belongs to a small group of surviving Late Komnenian wall-painting fragments associated with the monastery. The anonymous work is dated on stylistic grounds to about 1170–1180 and measures approximately 50 × 65 cm. Its original location within Vatopedi remains unknown. The surviving fragment preserves the closely joined heads of the Apostles Peter and Paul from a representation traditionally described as their embrace or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Byzantine Enkolpion Cross at Vatopedi Monastery</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. M. Pafilis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dating from the 13th–14th century, this Byzantine enkolpion cross combines a dark stone body with carved and engraved gold fittings and pearls. Preserved at the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, it belongs to a substantial group of Byzantine enkolpia associated with the monastery, objects made for suspension and distinguished by considerable variety in form, material, and workmanship. The cross has a compact, strongly defined silhouette. Its stone core is broad at the intersection of the arms and extends into comparatively short [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vatopedi Saints Icon from Mount Athos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. M. Pafilis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Vatopedi Saints icon, preserved at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos and dated to the nineteenth century, presents the monastery’s saints as a compact sacred assembly. Ten monastic figures are arranged in two rows around a centrally placed hierarch, whose larger scale and elaborate episcopal vestments establish the visual axis of the panel. Above them, within a band of clouds, the Theotokos holds Christ and is approached by two winged archangels, while smaller angelic heads occupy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hagiosoritissa Enkolpion at Vatopedi Monastery</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. M. Pafilis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Preserved at Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, this oval Hagiosoritissa Enkolpion belongs to the 12th–13th century and combines a carved gemstone with a richly ornamented silver-gilt mount. At its centre is the Theotokos Hagiosoritissa, carved in a warm, dark stone identified as probably amethyst. Pearls, green stones and traces of enamel articulate the surrounding frame, while the suspension fitting above establishes the object as a pendant intended to be worn. Within the small cameo, the Virgin is represented without the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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