They will call him Emmanuel - which means “God with us”.

Matthew 1:23

The Icon of Christ and Abbot Mena also often known as Christ and His Friend, is an 8th century Coptic painting which is now in the Louvre museum in Paris.

As pilgrims we go through life with Christ walking alongside with his arm around us.

Christ is the figure on the right and can be identified by the cross in his halo.