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  2. Calvary (monument) - Wikipedia

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    In some instances the Calvary forms part of an outdoor pulpit or throne. Calvaires are to be found in large numbers throughout Brittany, and come in many varied forms. [ 1 ] Breton calvaries typically include three-dimensional figures, usually representing the Virgin Mary, the apostles, and saints, attending the Crucifixion itself.

  3. Cross in the Woods - Wikipedia

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    The highlight of the shrine is a large wooden cross and bronze figure of Christ by sculptor Marshall Fredericks. The site also includes outdoor and indoor churches, numerous smaller shrines, and a nun doll museum. The Cross in the Woods is open 365 days a year and the Church built at this location holds Masses every day, year round.

  4. Branson Cross - Wikipedia

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    Branson Cross is a large structure in the shape of a cross located in Walnut Shade, Missouri near Branson, Missouri. At 218 feet (66.45m) tall, it is claimed to be the largest cross in North America. [3] The cross is among the ten largest such structures in the world. [4]

  5. Preaching cross - Wikipedia

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    The Ruthwell Cross. A preaching cross is a Christian cross sometimes surmounting a pulpit, which is erected outdoors to designate a preaching place. In Great Britain and Ireland, many free-standing upright crosses – or high crosses – were erected. Some of these crosses bear figurative or decorative carvings, or inscriptions in runes.

  6. 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

  7. Consecration cross - Wikipedia

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    The church of St Peter and St Paul at Ampton contains a painted cross. [12] St Mary's Church, Shipton Solars, has medieval red-lead-painted crosses in the chancel and nave. [13] Interior crosses can be seen at All Saints church at Kenton, St Mary, at Thornham Parva and St Peter at Great Livermere. St Peter's church at Creeting St Peter has ...

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  9. Lenten shrouds - Wikipedia

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    An altar cross veiled during Holy Week. Lenten shrouds are veils used to cover crucifixes, icons and some statues during Passiontide [1] [2] with some exceptions of those showing the suffering Christ, such as the stations of the Via Crucis or the Man of Sorrows, with purple or black cloths begins on the Saturday before the Passion Sunday.