Byzantine mosaics from Italian churches - scenes from the Bible

The song is: “Πνευματικώς ημάς πιστοί“ (Today the Prophet Daniel has gathered us spiritually). The creation of mosaics goes back to the second half of 2nd millenium BC in Mesopotamia. The ancient wall and ceiling mosaics in Europe with the building of Christian basilicas in the late 4th century were adopted for Christian uses. In the following century Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire, became the center of late Roman mosaic art. The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire (3301453), kno