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Dispersion of good health by Jesus to the people The healing by Jesus of two blind men The Khalke Jesus & the praying Virgin Mary and the Baby Jesus surrounded by her ancestors Joachim in the mountains praying to have a child No mosaics left The breaking of the good news of the birth of Jesus to Mary – The Annunciation The chief priest Zacchariah judging the Virgin Mary & Joseph bidding each other farewell The breaking of the good news of the birth of Mary to Anne The meeting of Anne & Joachim Joseph bringing the Virgin into his house Mary in the arms of Anne & Joachim & the blessing by the priests Giving of the stick with young shoots indicating Joseph as Mary’s fiancé The birth of the Virgin Mary The first seven steps of the Virgin & below, St Peter The prayer of the chief priest Zacchariah in front of the 12 sticks The presentation of Mary (age three) to the temple by her parents The Virgin taking the skeins of wool to weave the veil for the temple Theodore Metochites presenting a small model of the church to Jesus The feeding of the Virgin by an angel & below, St Peter Remains of mosaics – Directives given to the Virgin at the temple The Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the Baby Jesus Jesus in a standing posture, holding the Bible in his hand

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The Anastasis The Church fathers The raising (resurrection of the widow's son) The healing of the daughter of Jairus The Virgin Elousa The Last Judgement Abraham & the beggar Lazarus on his lap St George Rich man burning in Hell's fire Those entering Heaven & the Angel Seraphim with the semi-nude good thief Depiction of Andronikus II & his family & the inscription & depiction above of Makarios Tornikes & his wife Eugenia The Bearing of the Ark of the Covenant St Demetrius St Theodore Tiro Mary & child Jesus with the 12 attending angels Four Gospel Writers (Hymnographers): St Cosmos Four Gospel Writers (Hymnographers): St John of Damascene Four Gospel Writers (Hymnographers): St Theophanes Four Gospel Writers (Hymnographers): St Joseph St Theodore Stratelates King Solomon & the Israelites Placement into the temple of the Ark of the Covenant The combat of an angel with the Asurians in the outskirts of Jerusalem St Procopios, St Sabas Stratelates Moses in the bushes Jacob's ladder & the angels Aaron & his sons carrying votive offerings, in front of the altar St Samonas & Guiras

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