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  2. The history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors

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    “Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, and white aligns with God’s promise of life everlasting and the purity, hope and goodness that Jesus’ life and death represent,” Sawaya says.

  3. Metal leaf - Wikipedia

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    This tradition flowed throughout the centuries, as European churches used gold leaf to outline the richness and the sacredness of the domes, altars, and sculptures. [7] Domes are an especially salient feature faced with gold leaf. In Russian Orthodox architecture, gilded onion domes symbolize the realms of heaven and usually have theological ...

  4. Christian symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Crucifix, a cross with corpus, a symbol used in the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglicanism, in contrast with some other Protestant denominations, Church of the East, and Armenian Apostolic Church, which use only a bare cross Early use of a globus cruciger on a solidus minted by Leontios (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an ...

  5. Symbolism of domes - Wikipedia

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    Andrzej Piotrowski writes that Byzantine churches after Justinian's Hagia Sophia often had gold-covered domes with a ring of windows and that gold, as "the most precious metal and the paradigm of purity, was a sign of light and divinity in the writings of St. Basil and Pseudo-Dionysius. It 'does not rust, decompose, or wear and can be beaten to ...

  6. Armorial of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The colour gold symbolize the holiness and greatness of Pancasila, white represent purity, yellow and green represent prosperity, and blue background represent the far-reaching sky. [14] 13: Coat of arms of West Java: The emblem is an egg-shaped shield used by a previous kingdom and the background is coloured green to represents the richness of ...

  7. Jewish symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Silver was associated with moral purity, as silver metal must be refined from its ore. [10] Brass symbolized hardness, strength, and firmness. [11] Brass was a substitute for gold, and iron for silver. [12] Salt was offered with every sacrifice; [13] the preservative effect of salt symbolized the eternity of the covenant between God and Israel ...

  8. What Does the Lotus Flower Symbolize, Exactly? Experts Reveal ...

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    It is one of the most beautiful plants to look at, but the lotus flower thrives in some not-so-beautiful conditions. ... It often appeared in Egyptian art and was used as a symbol of purity and ...

  9. Nebu - Wikipedia

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    Nebu is the Egyptian symbol for gold. It depicts a golden collar with the ends hanging off the sides and seven spines dangling from the middle. Ancient Egyptians believed that gold was an indestructible and heavenly metal. The sun god, Ra, was often referred to as a mountain of gold. The Royal Tomb was known as the "House of Gold".