Tag: ST. CHRISTOPHER
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01 Religious Icon, Saint Christopher with the head of a dog, with footnotes #42
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, certain icons covertly identify Saint Christopher with the head of a dog. Such images may carry echoes of the Egyptian dog-headed god, Anubis. Christopher pictured with a dog’s head is not generally supported by the Orthodox Church, as the icon was proscribed in the 18th century by Moscow. The roots of…