Icon of the Hodegetria

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Icon of the Hodegetria which means She who shows the way is the template used for icons which depicted the Theotokos or Virgin Mary holding the child of Jesus Christ on her side while pointing to the Christ as the source of salvation for mankind. The Eastern Christian tradtion states that the first icon painted by Saint Luke was the Icon of the Hodegetria. This icon was displayed in The Monastery of the Panaghia Hodegetria in Constantinople. After the legalization of Christianity alloted for churches to be built out in the open. The icon is said to have been destroyed during the capture of Constantinople in 1453 after it was placed into Saint Saviour in Chora.[1].



  1. ^ Warren Treadgold, A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, 1997 ISBN-10: 0804726302

Istanbul historical website

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