Epitaphios: Shroud of Turin Terms

Epitaphios Used in Holy Week in Orthodox Churches

An epitaphios is a large piece of cloth, embroidered with the image of Christ. It may be a representation of the Holy Mandylion (The Edessa Image) that was in Constantinople from 944 to 1204 CE.

It came into use in Orthodox churches by at least 1300. It is used in the Great Entrance of Orthodox services and displayed on Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

There are many striking similarities with the images on the Shroud. One of them is the placement of flowers, just as there are in the Pantocrator icon from St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai, ca. 550 CE and apparent flowers on the Shroud of Turin.

Epitaphios Used in Holy Week in Orthodox Churches

	What is the Shroud of Turin? The Shroud Described.
	How the images might have formed. Images on the Shroud of Turin.
	Hints from Edessa, 544 AD. Early Shroud of Turin History.
	How a medieval artisan caused Carbon 14 Dating Errors.
	Startling, Mysterious, Unexplained. The 3D Encoding of the Shroud.
	The Variegated Cloth. Fooled by the Shroud's Background Noise.
	The Art Connection. Christ Pantocrator and the Shroud of Turin.
	Was the Shroud of Turin Described? Voices from the Past
	Medical Perspective: Forensic Pathology of the Images
	The Second Face: From the Back of the Cloth
	Some say . . . Painted, Leonardo da Vinci, Jacques deMolay, Coins, etc.