Category:Moni Latomou, Thessaloniki - Apse mosaic

English: The Icon of Christ of Latomos (or Latomou), also known as the Miracle of Latomos, is a 5th-century Byzantine mosaic of Jesus in the monastery of Latomos (now the Church of Hosios David the Dendrite) in Thessaloniki, Greece, that is an acheiropoieton (a religious image that is believed to have been made miraculously). The Icon of Christ of Latomos is one of the lesser-known acheiropoieta (Greek: αχειροποίητα εικόνα). Thematically and artistically, the Icon of Christ of Latomos is likely the first of its type, depicting an apocalyptic scene with imagery from the Book of Ezekiel which communicates important theological ideas about the apocalypse. In Christ's hand is a scroll which reads Isaiah 25:9 in Greek: ἰδοὺ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐφ᾽ ᾧ ἐλπίζομεν καὶ ἠγαλλιώμεθα ἐπὶ τῇ σωτηρίᾳ ἡμῶν ὅτι ἀνάπαυσιν δώσει ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον. The English translation is, "Behold our God in whom we hope and rejoice in our salvation, he will give rest to this house."