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  2. Cross necklace - Wikipedia

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    Cross necklace. A cross necklace is any necklace featuring a Christian cross or crucifix. [1] Crosses are often worn as an indication of commitment to the Christian faith, [2] [3] [4] and are sometimes received as gifts for rites such as baptism and confirmation. [5] [6] Communicants of the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches are ...

  3. Christian cross variants - Wikipedia

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    Christian cross variants. 7th-century Byzantine solidus, showing Leontius holding a globus cruciger, with a stepped cross on the obverse side. Double-barred cross symbol as used in a 9th-century Byzantine seal. Greek cross ( Church of Saint Sava) and Latin cross ( St. Paul's cathedral) in church floorplans. The Christian cross, with or without ...

  4. Russian Orthodox cross - Wikipedia

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    Greek cross. Serbian cross. The Russian Orthodox Cross (or just the Orthodox Cross by some Russian Orthodox traditions) [1] is a variation of the Christian cross since the 16th century in Russia, although it bears some similarity to a cross with a bottom crossbeam slanted the other way (upwards) found since the 6th century in the Byzantine Empire.

  5. Pectoral cross - Wikipedia

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    Pectoral Cross of Pope Paul VI. A pectoral cross or pectorale (from the Latin pectoralis, "of the chest ") is a cross that is worn on the chest, usually suspended from the neck by a cord or chain. In ancient history and the Middle Ages, pectoral crosses were worn by both clergy and laity. By the Late Middle Ages, the pectoral cross came to be a ...

  6. Tsata - Wikipedia

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    Tsata (Russian: цата, IPA: [ˈtsatə]) is a form of jewelry in the shape of a turned over crescent, typically made from gold or silver. It is placed at the bottom of a riza as a part of the icon decoration in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Tsata looks like a neck ring. The word derives from the Old Church Slavonic world tsęta ( цѧта ...

  7. Prayer rope - Wikipedia

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    Description. Eastern Christian prayer rope with 50 knots and 5 wooden beads. Historically, the prayer rope would typically have 100 knots, although prayer ropes with 150, 60, 50, 33, 64 or 41 knots can also be found in use today. There are even small, 10-knot prayer ropes intended to be worn on the finger. Hermits in their cells may have prayer ...

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