Icon of the Epitaphios

Title: Icon of the Epitaphios
Description: This is a digital reproduction of the Epitaphios, which is an icon depicting the dead body of Jesus Christ, at St. Nicholas Church, Beit Jala, a short distance from Bethlehem. The Epitaphios is an embroidered and richly adorned cloth, with the body of Jesus painted in the Russian Style. It is located at the southern wall of the church in front of the Iconostasis. The size is 140 X 90 cm.
Identifier: pb_sn_mis_9120806
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; St. Nicholas Icons collection; Beit Jala; devotional objects; icons; Orthodox Bethlehem; saints
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Creator: Unknown
Contributor: Faten Nastas Mitwasi; Jabra Mitwasi
Type: Egg tempera on cardboard panel and embroidered cloth
Source: St.Nicholas Church, Beit Jala
Language: Russian
Spatial Coverage: 31.716105626668842/ 35.189589871
Rights Holder: Faten Nastas Mitwasi and Jabra Mitwasi.
Temporal Coverage: 1880 - 1925