Christ Pantocrator was often painted or laid in mosaic tiles in the central dome of ancient churches, gazing down beneficently and powerfully upon the gathered worshipers. What’s our image of Christ?

Daphni’s mosaic designers worked at a time when ... Only when it came to the great scowling Pantocrator (Christ) who dominates the central dome did Daphni’s artists desert their classic ...

Their highlight is the giant depiction of “Christ Pantocrator” (literally “ruler of all”) in the apse, or half-dome, at the back of the cathedral. It is a typical Orthodox Christian icon ...