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Apse - Platytera

The beautiful Theotokos is traditionally referred to as the "Platytera" when depicted as the Queen of Heaven above the Altar, She portrays compassion rather than glory as she sits enthroned, holding the God-Child and extending her hands in supplication. She is truely "Wider than the Heavens".