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Double Headed Eagle
ID: ICHMSY13 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2009

Double Headed Eagle

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View of the modern mosaic of a double headed eagle—the symbol of the Greek Orthodox Church. The double-headed eagle represents the Orthodox Church facing both east AND west!

This mosaic is on the floor in the nave the church before the iconostasis.