These legends not only established the value of the Mandylion and the Vera Icon as authentic portraits of Christ, but also as acheiropoieta, i.e., images made without the intervention of human hands.
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Acheiropoieton
//eɪˈkaɪɹəʊpɔɪˌiːtən//
Synonyms for "acheiropoieton"
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Georgian
2 entries- ანჩისხატი noun (religious image believed not to have been created by human hands)
- ხელთუქმნელი ხატი noun (religious image believed not to have been created by human hands)
German
1 entries- Acheiropoieton noun (religious image believed not to have been created by human hands)
Italian
1 entries- acheropita noun (religious image believed not to have been created by human hands)
Russian
1 entries- Спас нерукотво́рный noun (religious image believed not to have been created by human hands)
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An example of an acheiropoieton, or image made without human hands, the icon and its copies alike were believed to possess miraculous qualities that aided spiritual conversion.
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The special nature of Orthodox icons was emphasized by the growth of a notion, much encouraged by these bitter disputes, that there was one quite exceptional class of art: acheiropoieta, images of Jesus not made by human hands, the archetype of which was the now-mysterious Mandylion given by Christ himself to King Abgar of Edessa […].
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