acheiropoieton

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A religion icon (chiefly of Christ or the Virgin Mary) believed not to have been created by human hands; a miraculous image.
 * 2) * 2009,, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, London: Allen Lane, ISBN 978-0-7139-9869-6 ; republished London: , 2010, ISBN 978-0-141-02189-8 , page 452:
 * The special nature of Orthodox icons was emphasized by the growth of a notion, much encouraged by these bitter disputes, that there was one quite exceptional class of art: acheiropoieta, images of Jesus not made by human hands, the archetype of which was the now-mysterious Mandylion given by Christ himself to King Abgar of Edessa.
 * 1) * 2009,, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, London: Allen Lane, ISBN 978-0-7139-9869-6 ; republished London: , 2010, ISBN 978-0-141-02189-8 , page 452:
 * The special nature of Orthodox icons was emphasized by the growth of a notion, much encouraged by these bitter disputes, that there was one quite exceptional class of art: acheiropoieta, images of Jesus not made by human hands, the archetype of which was the now-mysterious Mandylion given by Christ himself to King Abgar of Edessa.

Translations

 * Georgian: ხელთუქმნელი ხატი, ანჩისხატი
 * German:
 * Italian: acheropita
 * Russian: Спас нерукотво́рный