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  2. Religious perspectives on tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Orthodox Coptic Christians who live in Egypt commonly tattoo themselves with the symbols of Coptic crosses on their right wrists for similar historical reasons. [5] From there, the tradition spread throughout Eastern Christian communities such as the Ethiopian, Armenian, Syriac and Maronite Churches. Commemorative tattoos are also traditionally ...

  3. Sicanje - Wikipedia

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    The pagan and Christian symbols were mixed together indiscriminately, with the first originating from nature and family in Illyrian times, and the other with later adapted Christian meaning. [ 20 ] [ 19 ] The most common areas to tattoo were the arms and hands (including fingers), and on the chest and forehead.

  4. Category:Eastern Orthodox icons - Wikipedia

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    This category relates to religious Eastern Orthodox icons, icon painting, and icon painters. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 ...

  5. List of Eastern Orthodox Christians - Wikipedia

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    Ivan Pavlov - his father was a Russian Orthodox priest, and Ivan Pavlov was enrolled in the seminary before reading The Origin of Species [34] John Philoponus - "Christian philosopher, scientist, and theologian" [35] Alexander Popov - radio pioneer, son of a priest, planned to study in the seminary; Michael I. Pupin - famous physicist

  6. Russian icons - Wikipedia

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    Russian icons represent a form of religious art that developed in Eastern Orthodox Christianity after Kievan Rus' adopted the faith from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in AD 988. [1] Initially following Byzantine artistic standards, these icons were integral to religious practices and cultural traditions in Russia. Over time, Russian ...

  7. Coptic cross - Wikipedia

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    The original Coptic cross used by early Gnostic Christians in Egypt. Old Coptic crosses often incorporate a circle, [5] [better source needed] as in the form called a "Coptic cross" by Rudolf Koch in his The Book of Signs (1933). Sometimes the arms of the cross extend through the circle (dividing it into four quadrants), as in the "Celtic cross".

  8. Russian Orthodox cross - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Analavos of the Great Schema - Wikipedia

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    Saint Jonah of Kiev [] (1802–1902), a Ukrainian Orthodox Saint wearing the analavos, representing the order of the Great Schema, the highest monastic degree.. The Analavos of the Great Schema (Greek: Ανάλαβος του Μεγαλοσχήμου) is a distinctive vestment worn only by the highest degree of monastics in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, emblematic of their monastic habit.

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