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:«The Ancient of Days became an infant». St. [[Athanasius of Alexandria]]. (Homily on the Birth of Christ).
:"But what can I say? For the wonder astounds me. The Ancient of Days Who sits upon a high and exalted throne is laid in a manger." St. [[John Chrysostom]] (Homily on the Saviour's Birth).
==The Ancient of Days in Daniel 7==
:"And Daniel saw the likeness of a man, and as the Son of Man coming to the ancient of days. (Dan. 7.9, 13) No one saw the nature of God, but the type and image of what, was to be. For the Son and Word of [101] the invisible God, was to become man in truth, that He might be united to our nature, and be seen upon earth. " <ref>(St. [[John of Damascus]], [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/johndamascus-images.html On Div. Images, 3.26)]</ref> :"In the likeness of a son of man, he foresees the incarnation of the Only-begotten One." St. [[Ammonius]], (P.G. 85, l380A) :"For it is His humanity that he names son of man." St. [[Athanasius of Alexandria]], (Epistle to Antiochus) :"But if he was a man honored as God because of a conjunction with God, Daniel would have said he saw one coming on the clouds like the Son of God, but rather says this, namely, like the Son of man." St. [[Cyril of Alexandria]], (Epistle to Anastasius, Alexander, Martinian, John...No.55.30) ==The Ancient of Days depiction in Iconography ==
Eastern Christian art will sometimes portray Jesus Christ as an old man, the Ancient of Days, to show symbolically that he existed from all eternity, and sometimes as a young man to portray him as he was incarnate. This [[iconography]] emerged in the 6th century, mostly in the Eastern Empire.<ref>Cartlidge and Elliott, 69-72</ref> It was declared by the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] at the [[Stoglavy Sobor|Great Synod of Moscow]] in 1667 that the Ancient of Days was the Son and not the Father.<ref>The Tome of the Great Council of Moscow (1666-1667 A.D.), Ch. 2, 43-45; tr. [[Hierodeacon]] Lev Puhalo, ''Canadian Orthodox Missionary Journal''</ref>
