Exegesis of Hexameron in Middle and Late Byzantine Iconography

The article covers the interpretation of the biblical creation narrative of the world in the Byzantine iconography of the 10th-12th centuries. As an object, the article considers the samples of canonical iconography, which are preserved in the temple art of Western Europe. The author reveals the photographs of the Creation iconography, provides a biblical and theological interpretation of the iconographic subjects under consideration, draws parallels with the iconography of the Nativity of Christ and Pentecost, reveals a single theological concept for the iconography of the Creation, the Nativity and the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles.