The Divine Majesty on the Dome

[short]This Icon is 7 inch diameter.[/short][long] In the Creed, we say: And He shall come again in Glory to judge the living and the dead. The coming of the Lord at the end of the ages will be the Day of Judgment, foretold by the Old Testament as well as by Christ himself. At the last judgment, each soul will receive from God the reward of his good or evil deeds. St. Ephrem the Syrian describes the scene thus: The graves will open, and in the twinkling of an eye all the tribes will be awakened and will look upon the holy greatness of the Bridegroom. Great multitudes of angels and archangels will rejoice with great joy; the righteous and all who had not accepted the seal of the ungodly serpent, will rejoice together with the Bridegroom in the eternal and heavenly mansions with all the saints unto the ages of ages. St. Ephrem also explains that: After each one has been tried before men, and all the dominions and powers have been abolished and all Gods enemies have been placed under his