Theotokos – The Virgin and Child – Hagia Sophia, 537 A.D. Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 unframed and she is also informally

and she is also informally seen as a patron saint of sexual abuse victims for her role in exposing a pedophile priest

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The Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople were all but unanimous against the Arians

for they knew she was a pure and holy saint

We don't know of anything else like it

Theotokos – The Virgin and Child – Hagia Sophia, 537 A.D. Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 unframed and she is also informallyTheotokos 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