White Angel

White Angel (Serbian: Бели анђео / Beli anđeo) is a detail of one of the best known frescoes in Serbian culture[1] in the Mileševa monastery, Mironosice na Hristovom grobu (Мироносице на Христовом гробу, the Myrrhbearers at Christ's tomb),[2] dated c. 1235 in Serbia during the reign of King Stephen Vladislav I of Serbia.

Sitting on the stone is the Angel of the Lord dressed in a white chiton, whose arm shows the place of Christ's resurrection, and his empty tomb.

The fresco is located in the Mileševa Monastery near Prijepolje, on the southern wall of the church and the identity of its author is unknown.

[2] A picture of the White Angel of Mileševa was sent as a message in the first satellite broadcast signal from Europe to America after the Cuban Missile Crisis, as a symbol of peace and civilization.

[3] Later, the same signal, containing the White Angel, was transmitted to space in an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life forms.