Sterling Silver 925 22kt Gold Plated Traditional Byzantine Style Lobed Cross

Description: Sterling Silver 925 22kt Gold Plated Traditional Byzantine Style Lobed Cross Scenes from the life of Christ, images of Jesus with the Virgin, images of the events recorded in the gospels are depicted as religious icons and are in the hands of millions of people all over the world. As a general rule, icons strictly followed models and formulas hallowed by Byzantine art, led from the capital in Constantinople. As time passed, the Russians widened the vocabulary of types and styles far beyond anything found elsewhere in the Orthodox world. The personal, innovative and creative traditions of Western European religious art were largely lacking in Russia before the 17th century when Russian icon painting became strongly influenced by religious paintings and engravings from both Protestant and Catholic Europe. In the mid-17th-century changes in liturgy and practice instituted by Patriarch Nikon resulted in a split in the Russian Orthodox Church. The traditionalists, the persecuted "Old Ritualists" or "Old Believers", continued the traditional stylization of icons, while the State Church modified its practice. From that time icons began to be painted not only in the traditional stylized and non-realistic mode, but also in a mixture of Russian stylization and Western European realism, and in a Western European manner very much like that of Catholic religious art of the time. These types of icons, while finding in Russian Orthodox churches, are also sometimes found in various sui juris rites of the Catholic Church. Icons considered miraculous were said to "appear." The "appearance" of an icon is its supposedly miraculous discovery. "A true icon is one that has 'appeared', a gift from above, one opening the way to the Prototype and able to perform miracles". DESCRIPTION: Sterling Silver 925 22kt Gold Plated Traditional Byzantine Style Lobed Cross 1 3/8"x 7/8" FRONT TOP AND BOTTOM OVALS - the top representation is St Michael the Archangel and the bottom is the Archangel Gabriel. CENTER BAR - FRONT CENTER. The center portion is a traditional representation of the crucifixion. FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT LOBE. To Christs right is the Virgin Mary His Mother whose right hand is pointing to Christ (in Greek this is known as the Hedgitera) as the Way. St John the Baptist - the Forerunner of Christ is to His left. VERSO TOP a representation of St Nicholas, the 4th Century bishop of Myra and patron Saint of Russia. This holy bishop is the patron of children, sailors, travelers, jewelers and pawnbrokers. There is a Russian folk saying that when God becomes old and tired and he does not want to rule the world he will turn the ruling of the world to St Nicholas. Russians have great devotion of their Holy Father Nicholas. RIGHT AND LEFT LOBES - - SS Peter and Paul. St Peter was the first of the Apostles and the bishop of Rome. St Paul originally persecuted Christians later becoming one of the prime exponents of the church. LOWER LOBE - a Guardian Angel one's protector and guide in life. Silver gilding. The size: 1 3/8"x 7/8" Weight 7,0 grams The chain is not included but available in our store Payments Shipping Returns About Us Contact Us PayPal is our preferred method of payments it's the quickest, easiest and most secure way to pay for your goods or services on eBay. PayPal offers buyer and seller protection should there be a problem. If you do not have a PayPal account, to get started and buy your first item with us is very easy. Simply click on the 'Buy It Now' button and follow the eBay checkout steps. Select PayPal as the payment method you then will be given the chance to enter your card details into PayPal's secure checkout in order to pay for your order. 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Price: 151.99 USD

Location: Fair Lawn, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-12-01T03:40:29.000Z

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