For example, the icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos includes the death of Mary, the ascension of her soul by Christ and angels into Heaven, the grieving of the apostles at her deathbed and ...

In the “Theotokos” icon, the Mother of God is front and center. She is the largest person in the icon, on her birthing bed. Her Son, wrapped in swaddling clothes, is in the adjacent manger ...