Lamb of God sheep representing the apostles flanking the central Agnus Dei, as in Santi Cosma e Damiano, Rome (526–30). The Moravian Church uses an Agnus Dei as their seal with the surrounding inscription "Vicit agnus noster, eum sequamur" ("Our Lamb has conquered, let us follow him"). Although the depiction of Jesus as the Lamb of God is of ancient origin, it is not used in the liturgical iconography of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The reason for this is that the depictions of Jesus in the Orthodox Church are anthropomorphic rather than symbolic, as a confession of the Orthodox belief in the Incarnation
Vitex agnus-castus cause great damage to the growth and the generative development of "Vitex agnus-castus". The insect feeds on chaste tree by sucking up the contents or puncturing them. As well chaste tree is the only known host (especially in Israel) for "Hyalesthus obsoletus". This cicada is the vector for black wood disease of grapevines. "Hyalesthus obsoletus" prefers "V. agnus-castus" as a host to the grapevine. In this case chaste tree can be used as a biological control agent by planting it around vineyards to trap the "Hyalesthus obsoletus". "V. agnus-castus" was found not only to be an appropriate food source for