Editing Christogram (section)

=== ICXC ===
In [[Eastern Christianity]], the most widely used Christogram is a four-letter abbreviation, ΙϹ ΧϹ—a traditional abbreviation of the Greek words for 'Jesus Christ' (i.e., the first and last letters of each of the words {{lang|grc|'''Ι'''ΗϹΟΥ'''Ϲ''' '''Χ'''ΡΙϹΤΟ'''Ϲ'''}}, with the [[sigma (letter)#Lunate sigma|lunate sigma]] 'Ϲ' common in medieval Greek),<ref>''Symbols of the Christian faith'' by Alva William Steffler 2002 {{ISBN|0-8028-4676-9}} page 67</ref> and written with [[titlo]] (diacritic) denoting [[scribal abbreviation]] ({{script|Cyrs|І︮С︯ Х︮С︯}}).

On icons, this Christogram may be split: 'ΙϹ' on the left of the image and 'ΧϹ' on the right. It is sometimes rendered as 'ΙϹ ΧϹ ΝΙΚΑ' ({{lang|grc|Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς νικᾷ}}), meaning 'Jesus Christ Conquers'. 'ΙϹΧϹ' may also be seen inscribed on the [[Ichthys]].

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File:ICXC NIKA.svg|Depiction of the 'ΙϹ ΧϹ ΝΙΚΑ' arrangement in medieval Greek tradition
File:Spahr 63 1140 133312.jpg|'ΙϹ ΧϹ ΝΙΚΑ' cross on the obverse of a 12th-century [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicilian]] coin ([[Roger II of Sicily|Roger II]])
File:The Greek Pantokrator on the Hungarian Holy Crown.jpg|[[Christ Pantocrator]] on the [[Holy Crown of Hungary]] (12th century)
File:Christ Pantocrator, Church of the Holy Sepulchre.png|Christ Pantocrator, [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] (1810)
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