The Pareclession of the Anastasis. In this fresco on the apse of the funerary chapel, Christ breaks the gates and descends into hell (Anastasis) to pull Adam and Eve from their tombs. Behind him stands John the Baptist, David and Solomon. The risen Christ is arrayed in white and his cape is studded with stars. Symbolically it represents Christ's salvation of mankind (represented by Adam and Eve) by rescuing them from death and granting eternal life. The depiction of Christ is unusually stong and poignant and Byzantine scholars consider this painting maybe the greatest single piece of Byzantine art and among the greatest religious paintings of all time.