Eye of Providence (icon)

It is a symbolic and allegorical composition of the words from the Holy Scripture that represents the omniscient and vigilant all-seeing eye of Christ.

In the central circle, Jesus Christ is depicted in the iconographic image of the Saviour Emmanuel with a blessing gesture.

Fragments of the human face – eyes, nose and mouth are placed in the segments of the next circle.

From God the Father emanates the Holy Spirit, descending in the form of a dove on the head of the Theotokos.

Metropolitan Hilarion considers that such icons “are not canonical, they do not correspond to any church text and believers should not pray in front of them.”[4]

Eye of Providence icon, 19th century.
Ceiling fresco of the Eye of God, St. Demetrius ’ Church in Bitola , North Macedonia .