"Eleousa" redirects here. For other uses, see Eleousa (disambiguation).
13th-century Byzantine Eleusa mosaic, Athens
The Eleusa (or Eleousa; Greek: Ἐλεούσα – tenderness or showing mercy) is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the Christ Child is nestled against her cheek.[1] In the Western Church the type is often known as the Virgin of Tenderness.
^The icon handbook: a guide to understanding icons and the liturgy by David Coomler 1995 ISBN 0-87243-210-6 page 203
The Eleusa (or Eleousa; Greek: Ἐλεούσα – tenderness or showing mercy) is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the Christ Child is nestled...
in a manner that recalls the 13th-century Byzantine tradition of the Eleusaicon (Virgin of Tenderness). Tracery in the arch at the rear of the nave contains...
Βλαντίμιρ), is a 12th-century Byzantine icon depicting the Virgin and Child and an early example of the Eleusa iconographic type. It is one of the most...
Eleusaicon representing the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus Christ. The icon, currently held in Tretyakov Gallery, in Moscow, displays an Eleusa composition...
in a new chasuble, the icon is still venerated at the convent associated with the cathedral.[citation needed] Eleusaicon "Icon of the Mother of God of...
known as Pelagonia. Pelagonitissa is often seen as a variant of the Eleusaicon in which the infant Jesus rests. One of the best-known examples is in...
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geographic and cultural reasons, e.g., through the veneration of specific icons. Others were related to Marian apparitions. Mary's intercession is sought...
in a manner that recalls the 13th-century Byzantine tradition of the Eleusaicon (Virgin of Tenderness). She is sometimes shown reading a Book of Hours...
a small Italo-Byzantine, possibly Sienese, replica of an Eleusa (Virgin of Tenderness) icon. The work on which it is based is believed to have originated...
"Notre-Dame de Grâce" or "Virgin of Tenderness" from this painting, from the Eleusaicon type it exemplifies. In the same chapel is a memorial erected by Hilaire...
extant Russian icons created in Kievan Rus' and the Rus' principalities before and during the reign of Alexander Nevsky (1220–63). Russian icons В. Д. Сарабьянов...
divinity. In the Western Church this type of icon is sometimes called Our Lady of the Way. The most venerated icon of the Hodegetria type, regarded as the...
drawn in Eleusa type. One of them, traditionally called a "Manifested" icon, was manifested to Prokhor, the Bishop of Rostov in 1314. The icon version...
Eastern Orthodox icon of the Virgin Mary, painted in a late Byzantine style, of the Eleusa iconographic type. Like many famous icons, it is now usually...
ceremony for this feast involved the crowning of the Salus Populi Romani icon of Mary in Rome by Pius XII as part of a procession in Rome. In 1969, Pope...
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, home of the Salus Populi Romani icon Holy Mary of Third Millennium at Three Fountains, Rome Sanctuary and Sacro...
directly related to the image. It is a common translation of the Eleusa type of icon of the Virgin and Child. The Virgin of Mercy is patron saint of Barcelona...
instead on their tender and intense intimacy, developing themes from the Eleusa-type icon in Byzantine art. The smiling child reaches out his arm to his mother...
his of which historians are aware is an icon of the Virgin and Child of a kind known as a hodegetria or eleusa. Lampoudis was a member of the Greek Renaissance's...
have been active between 1425 and 1457. Angelos Akotantos completed many icons of the Virgin and Child in the Eleousa position. The Eleousa position was...
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place where a valuable icon of the Virgin Mary Eleusa from 1310 is kept (brought from Georgia). According to the legend, the icon is wonder-working, attracting...
continued and enriched the traditions and icon design of the First Bulgarian Empire. Some notable icons include St Eleusa (13th century) from Nessebar which...
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