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Holy Trinity, painted by Saint Andrei Rublev, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

The Jesus Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai, Egypt

Miraculous Panagia Vimatarissa Icon and The Wonder-working Cincture of the Theotokos, The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos, Greece

Monogram of Christ, Domitilla Catacombs, Rome, Italy

The Miraculous Icon of Panagia Pantanassa, The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos, Greece

Theotokos Glykophilousa, The Monastery of Philotheou, Mount Athos, Greece

The Holy Sepulchre Church, Jerusalem, Israel

The Holy Tomb of Jesus Christ, inside the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Photo credit: Thomas Coex / AFP / Getty Images

Deisis mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

Holy Cross Relic at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, Greece

The Epitaphios | Burial of Christ Icon, from the Stavronikita Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece

Saint Nicholas of the Oyster Mosaic Icon at Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece