Panagia Platytera Carving

Panagia Platytera (Greek: Πλατυτέρα; “wider” or “more spacious”) is an icon of the Theotokos, facing the viewer directly, usually depicted full length with her hands in the “orans” position, and with the image of Christ as a child in front of her chest, also facing the viewer directly. Sometimes the image of Christ is contained within a medallion.

This is the Platytera image by Fr. O’Rourke and it’s found on the Orthodox Arts Journal Orthodox Illustration Project site: https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/orthodox-illustration-project/icons-vector/    It is one of my favorite images of The Platytera. MP & OV means “mother of God” or Theotokos, “God-bearer”

 Size: 9" wide x 10" high x .75" thick