
Pantokrator: A Presence Impossible to Ignore
In Cretan churches, the image of the Pantokrator does not tell a story – it establishes a relationship in which the human being ceases to be the centre, and God reclaims His place above the world.
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Field notes and essays on the churches of Crete: their frescoes, painters, inscriptions and the people around them.
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In Cretan churches, the image of the Pantokrator does not tell a story – it establishes a relationship in which the human being ceases to be the centre, and God reclaims His place above the world.
Why Crete survived.