The “ΙΧΘΥΣ” Christian symbol.

The ichthys or ichthus symbol (picture 1), from the Greek word “ΙΧΘΥΣ” which means fish, was adopted by early Christians as a secret symbol to recognize each other. This was needed because of the Christian prosecution at the time by the Roman Empire.

ἸΧΘΥΣ or also ἸΧΘΥϹ with a lunate sigma, is an acronym for “Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Υἱός Σωτήρ”, Iēsoûs Khrīstós, Theoû Huiós,  sōtḗr which translates into English as ‘Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior’.

 Ι : Iota (i), Iēsoûs (Ἰησοῦς), “Jesus”

Χ: Chi (ch), Khrīstós (Χρῑστός), “anointed”

Θ: Theta (th), Theoû (Θεοῦ), “of God”, the genitive singular of Θεóς, Theós, “God”

Υ: Ypsilon (y or u), (h)uiós (Yἱός), “Son”

Σ or C: Sigma (s), sōtḗr (Σωτήρ), “Savior”

Another way to represent the word fish is the symbol in picture 2.

CAN YOU LOCATE ALL 5 LETTERS OF THE WORD «ΙΧΘΥΣ» (or “ΙΧΘΥC”) IN THIS SYMBOL?