Home Photos Esonarthex Mosaics: Deesis Photos Esonarthex Mosaics: Deesis April 14, 2009 Modified date: January 15, 2020 74 0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin Email Mosaic in the esonarthex of the Deesis, which shows the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist (absent here) interceding with Christ. Below is a patron, Maria Palaiologina. Photo Creative Commons License Jerzy Kociatkiewicz.