John the Baptist Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox art=== In Byzantine and later Eastern Orthodox art, John the Baptist and the Holy Virgin Mary often flank Jesus on either side. The composition of the ''[[Deesis]]'' came to be included in every [[Eastern Orthodox]] church, as remains the case to this day. Here John and the [[Theotokos]] (Mary the "God-bearer") flank a [[Christ Pantocrator]] and intercede for humanity. In [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] [[religious icon|icons]], he often has angel's wings, since Mark 1:2<ref>{{bibleverse|Mark|1:2}}</ref> describes him as a messenger.<ref name=ODCC/><ref name=":0" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page