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Christ is depicted on the left hand side of the entrance from the narthex to the naos. Along with His mother who is portrayed on the right side of the entrance and John the Forerunner painted next to Jesus this create a Deesis. Deesis constitutes…

The placement of hieromonk and donor Barnabas adjacent to the image of Our Lady Phorviotisa, next to the entrance door and above the Deesis, highlights his contribution in the fresco program of Asinou.
He is depicted with his head lifted and hands…

Our Lady Phorviotisa is pictured on the tympanum of the eastern arch above the door leading from the central bay to the narthex. It is for the first time who is mentioned with her descriptive designation ‘Phorviotisa’. She is shown with hands…

Strangely enough for an Orthodox church, mouflons and hounds are depicted in the triangular space between the Virgin and monk Theophilos. The two mouflons stand in a steep landscape and two hounds are tied to a spear and each is turned to the figure…

Saint John the Forerunner, is depicted on the lowest part of the southern side of the soffit on the eastern arch of the narthex. Along with Christ and Virgin the Merciful constitute an iconographic Deesis. Nevertheless, traditionally John is…

Monk Theophilos is pictured on the lower part of the soffit of the eastern arch of the narthex. Reference to Theophilos is made in the dedicatory inscription as one of the main donor supported by the common people. His body is turned towards Virgin…

The Prophet Isaiah is portrayed on the north side of the soffit above the doorway leading from the naos to the narthex. He is depicted as an old man with long grey hair, holding a scroll. The scroll passage is extracted by his book I:19 and reads:…

Saint John of Damascus is depicted next to the Virgin, on the lowest part of the soffit on the eastern arch of the narthex. His head is slightly turned to her and his right hand also points that way. His garments indicate his property as a monk. …

Below Prophet Isaiah, on the lower part of the soffit of the eastern arch of the narthex, the monk Germanos is depicted. He wears a brown tunic, not long, with a waistband under which another brown garment is worn. He also wears a pair of black…

The Prophet Zechariah or Zaharias is depicted on the southern half of the soffit above the eastern doorway of the narthex. As Prophet Isaiah on the other side, he is depicted as an old man with grey long hair and a pointed beard but, additionally,…