"Theotokos—It is Truly Meet”, egg-tempera on cotton, by Radmila Vasiljevic, 2020

The Full of Grace, or the Mother of God, is the person within whom was revealed all the love of God, and the salvation of world was accomplished. Through her all mankind freely said “yes” to God. The Mother of God became the revelation of God’s love for the world, and for all of us! For that reason she is linked inseparably with Christ. Fittingly, the icons of Orthodox Churches always and according to canon depict her holding Christ in her arms. She is neither depicted as individual, nor is her presence ever solitary.