St. John Chrysostom Archives » Hagia Sophia https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/tag/st-john-chrysostom/ All about Hagia Sophia and Byzantine Art & Architecture in Turkey. Thu, 13 Sep 2018 05:52:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Hagia-Sophia-Turkey-Research-Team-Website-Icon-32x32.png St. John Chrysostom Archives » Hagia Sophia https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/tag/st-john-chrysostom/ 32 32 Mosaic of Fathers of the Church https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/mosaic-fathers-church/ https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/mosaic-fathers-church/#respond Sun, 12 Nov 2017 13:30:46 +0000 https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/?p=2290 They were from the restoration era under the reign of Basil and depicted in the south and north tympanum on the lower register. Ignatius the Younger In this mosaic, Ignatius has white hair and no beard. He is thought to be 50 years old in the mosaic. He was a eunuch. His inscription reads: ‘’Ignatios […]

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Ignatius the Younger

In this mosaic, Ignatius has white hair and no beard. He is thought to be 50 years old in the mosaic. He was a eunuch. His inscription reads: ‘’Ignatios Neos’’

  • Ignatius the Younger mosaic in Hagia Sophia
  • Fathers of the Church Mosaic and wall details from HagiaSophia
  • Drawing of Fathers of the Church Mosaic by Gaspare Fossati

 

St. John Chrysostom

Having a nickname of ‘’gold mouth’’, Chrysostom is middle aged in the mosaic. His inscription presents: ‘’Ioannis Chrisostomos’’. When the Empress Eudoxia and John Khrysostomos sent him into exile, the church was burned down by the rebels who supported him.

  • Mosaic of Fathers of the Church Mosaic in Hagia Sophia
  • Mosaic of Fathers of the Church, Salzenberg Sketchs, 1854

 

St. Ignatios Theophoros

He was a bishop of Antioch before he was martyred. He has a beard and is of old age. His inscription says: ‘’Ignatios Theophoros’’. Each saint dress in ‘’omophorion’’ a bishop vestment. St. Ignatius the Younger is wearing a cap. They hold Bible in one hand, St. Theophoros and Khrysostomos are signing benediction with their right hans.

  • St Ignatios Theophoros Mosaic in Hagia Sophia
  • St Ignatios Theophoros Mosaic in Hagia Sophia
  • St Ignatios Theophoros Mosaic in Hagia Sophia

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