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Text Emoji Code point Name and notes 📿︎: 📿️: U+1F4FF: PRAYER BEADS 🕀 U+1F540: CIRCLED CROSS POMMEE (Orthodox typicon symbol for great feast service) 🕁 U+1F541: CROSS POMMEE WITH HALF-CIRCLE BELOW (Orthodox typicon symbol for vigil service) 🕂 U+1F542: CROSS POMMEE (Orthodox typicon symbol for Polyeleos) 🕃 U+1F543
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. The Russian Orthodox ...
Armenian cross: Symbol of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and a typical feature of khachkars. Also known as the "Blooming Cross" owing to the trefoil emblems at the ends of each branch. A khachkar (cross-stone) is a popular symbol of Armenian Christianity. [47] Bolnisi cross: Ancient Georgian cross and national symbol from the 5th century AD. [48]
The Eastern Orthodox Church, in understanding itself to be the Body of Christ, and similarly in understanding the Christian life to lead to the unification in Christ of all members of his body, views the church as embracing all Christ's members, those now living on earth, and also all those through the ages who have passed on to the heavenly life.
The Russian Orthodox cross can be considered a modified version of the Patriarchal cross, having two smaller crossbeams, one at the top and one near the bottom, in addition to the longer crossbeam. One suggestion is the lower crossbeam represents the footrest ( suppedaneum ) to which the feet of Jesus were nailed.
A bow in the Eastern Orthodox Church consists of a person making the sign of the cross and then bowing from the waist and touching the floor with their fingers. This action is done extensively throughout all Orthodox services and is a fundamental way that the Orthodox express their reverence and subservience to God.
In the 19th century the Russian cross was used on the coat of arms of the Kherson Governorate in the Russian empire, where it was named the "Russian cross". In the Russian Orthodox Church, the inclination of the lower crossbar of the Russian Orthodox cross is viewed as the crossbar of the balance, one point of which is raised as a sign of the ...
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Canada; Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America; Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America; Bibliography of Eastern Orthodoxy in the United States; Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia; Eastern Orthodoxy in Hawaii