Panagia

Panagia is also the term for a particular type of icon of the Theotokos, wherein she is facing the viewer directly, usually depicted full length with her hands in the orans position, and with a medallion showing the image of Christ as a child in front of her chest.

When an Orthodox bishop is vested for the Divine Liturgy or another service, he wears a panagia and a pectoral cross over his other vestments.

[6] The primate of an autocephalous church, when fully vested, wears a panagia, a pectoral cross, and an engolpion of Jesus.

Panagia may also refer to a prosphoron (Ἄρτος της Παναγίας, Ártos tēs Panagías, "Bread of the All-Holy") which is solemnly blessed in honor of the Theotokos during the Divine Liturgy (see Prosphora for details).

From this loaf, a large triangle in honour of the Theotokos is cut and placed on the diskos (paten) during the Liturgy of Preparation.

The priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the Panagia over the Sacred Mysteries (consecrated Body and Blood of Christ) as he says, "Great is the name of the Holy Trinity.

"[citation needed] In some monasteries there is a special rite ceremony called the "Lifting of the Panagia" which takes place in the trapeza (refectory).

Then, taking the Panagia in his fingertips, he lifts it up while saying, "Great is the name," and then the community continues with "of the Holy Trinity."

13th-century Great Panagia from Yaroslavl
18th-century Byzantine-style bronze panagia from Jerusalem
Saint Patriarch Tikhon in monastic habit with panagia and engolpion of Jesus
The particles placed on the diskos during the Divine Liturgy . The large cube is the Lamb , the triangle to the left is the particle for the Theotokos taken out of the Panagia.