The complex icon shows two different registers in two scenes: in the one above there is a representation of the Holy face , called Savior Acheropitus (wich means in Greek "not made by hands of man". This is the name given to sacred images whose origin is attributed to a divine intervention). It shows on the sides two angels who hold a towel, which is a particular type of icon called Mandilion. In the lower half of the picture Christ is standing in the sarcophagus and He is surrounded by the disciples, who grieve with His Mother. The Holy Face is prominent. It is portrayed in the center of the wide white linen, which is finely decorated by an embroidered border and made noble by two angels. They wear precious and decorated robes and create a living and adoring frame. On the Face there are no signs of sufferings or of the Passion. This element differentiates this representation from those inspired by the Western traditions of the Shroud and of the Veronica.

"Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his
supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, that is desolate, for the Lord's sake."(Daniel 9:17)