Thursday
One Thursday a white fieldand Ichthys* under the ice.
Canvas, oil / 170x120 / 2021
*Ichthys (ancient Greek Ίχθύς - fish) is an ancient acronym (monogram) of the name of Jesus Christ, consisting of the initial letters of the words: Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ (Jesus Christ God's Son the Savior).
Evangelical symbolism The New Testament connects the symbolism of fish with the preaching of the disciples of Christ, many of whom, including the apostles Peter, Andrew, James Zebedee and John, were fishermen. Jesus Christ calls his disciples “fishers of men” (Matt. 4:19, Mark 1:17), and the Kingdom of Heaven likens “a net that was cast into the sea and caught fish of every kind” (Matt. 13:47).  "The Last Supper", fresco of the 13th century. in a cave church, Cappadocia. The body of Christ in the Grail is depicted as a fish. The image of the fish also has a Eucharistic meaning associated with the following meals described in the Gospel: feeding the people in the wilderness with bread and fish (Mk. 6:34-44, Mk. 8:1-9); the meal of Christ and the apostles on Lake Tiberias after his Resurrection (John 21:9-22). These stories were often depicted in the catacombs, linking up with the Last Supper. The sign was also associated [source not specified 2098 days] with Alpha from the words of Jesus Christ: “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last” (Rev. 22:13). Time of occurrence of the symbol[edit | edit code] In early Christian art, images of Christ were an unacceptable subject due to persecution, which is why various symbolic codes arise. Images of the acronym ΙΧΘΥΣ or the fish symbolizing it appear in Roman catacombs in the 2nd century[3]. The widespread use of this symbol is evidenced by the mention of it by Tertullian at the beginning of the 3rd century: We are small fish, led by our ikhthus, we are born in the water and can only be saved by being in the water.
