Best Sacred Image
The Mahamuni Buddha Image is a highly venerated bronze statue enshrined in the Mahamuni Pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar. The statue is believed to have been cast in the Rakhine Kingdom and was relocated to Mandalay by the Konbaung dynasty in 1784. Male devotees regularly apply gold leaf to the figure as...
The Acheropita icon depicts an image of Christ considered “not made by human hands,” a unique and venerated object within the Catholic Church. Housed in Rome’s Sancta Sanctorum chapel, it represents one of the oldest and most sacred icons held by the papacy. Historically, this acheiropoieta – believ...
The Mandylion of Genoa, also known as the San Bartolomeo degli Armeni icon, is a medieval cloth depicting Christ’s face. Created around 1385, it's notable for its purported miraculous origins – believed to be unpainted by human hands. The icon holds significant importance within Eastern Orthodox Chr...
The Volto Santo di Lucca is a revered wooden crucifix housed in the San Martino Cathedral in Lucca, Italy. Recognized as a significant medieval sacred image, the cedar-wood sculpture depicts a living Christ on the cross and is traditionally associated with 8th-century origins. It has been a major pi...
Phra Phuttha Sihing is a highly revered bronze Buddha image that serves as the palladium of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. The statue is historically enshrined at Wat Phra Singh, where it is housed in the temple's Wihan Lai Kham. It is the focus of the annual Songkran festival, during whi...
The Holy Face of Manoppello is a religious relic consisting of a thin veil bearing an image of a male face, venerated as the face of Jesus Christ. The veil is housed in the Church of the Holy Face (Volto Santo) in Manoppello, a town in the Abruzzo region of Italy. According to local tradition and hi...
The Mandylion of Genoa is a religious relic and Holy Face icon currently housed in the Church of San Bartolomeo degli Armeni in Genoa, Italy. According to historical records, the Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos donated the painted cloth to the Genoese Doge Leonardo Montaldo during the 14th cent...
