On the arch located at the right of the place leading to the nave, we find the scene depicting the feeding of the Virgin. Mary is seated on a throne at the holy place with four poles; Only the highest priest could enter here once a year. Mary is looking at the angel coming down from the sky and holding a piece of bread in its hand. Mary stretches a hand to receive the piece of bread. Mary’s parents had promised that they would give the child to the temple, if they had a child. It is for this reason that Mary was left in the custody of the temple. She stayed in the temple for 12 years, until reaching the tender age of 15. Here she was nourished only by the bread brought by the angels. She was engaged to Joseph, whose stick became verdant and with young shoots in a trial contest. Above we see a procession of young virgins at the foot of the dome. These joyful young maidens holding torches in their hands, and whose attires and behaviours display differences, are portrayed in a state of motion.
- Architecture
- Attempts by Satan to deceive Jesus
- Blessing of the Virgin Mary
- Consecration by Jesus
- Elizabeth and John flee away
- Fresco of the Anastasis
- Jesus and his ancestors
- Jesus going together with Mary and John
- Joseph and the stick that indicates Mary
- Kariye (Chora) Museum
- King Herod ‘s order for the massacre
- Mary and Joseph bidding each other farewell
- Mary and the child Jesus
- Presentation of the church by Theodore
- The birth of Christ
- The birth of te Virgin
- The death of the Virgin
- The feeding of the Virgin by an angel
- The frescoes of the parecclesion
- The Last Judgement scene
- The mosaics of the apostles St. Paul
- The mosaics of the Khalke Jesus and Mary
- The prayer of Mary and the Angels
- The return of the Virgin Mary and Jesus form Egypt to Nazaret
- The Virgin and the attendant twelve angels
- The Virgin taking the skeins of wool, to weave the veil for the temple
- Three Magi from the East in audience wit
- Virgin Mary’s visit to Bethlehem
- Virgin Mary, Josep and the enrollment for taxation
- Water being turned into wine