Pantocrator Icon

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In the dome is an Icon of Jesus Christ the Almighty (Pantocrator), Jesus Christ is in the Glory of the Father and He will come to judge the living and the dead. He is the Lord Jesus, the One to whom we look in hope and to whom we must give an account for our lives. Jesus Christ is central to the life of believers. "Christ is always present in His Church, especially in her liturgical celebrations" ( Constitution on the Liturgy, Second Vatican Council). The Epistle to the Colossians tells us "The Head of this body is Christ. He is the image of the invisible God and in Him all things came into being. He has priority over everyone and in Him all things hold together. He is the Head of that body which is the Church" (1:15-18). Again St. Paul says "All the members ought to be molded into Christ's image until He is formed in them" (Gal. 4:19). The Icon of the Pantocrator expresses this faith.