Byzantine protection cross silver pendant, sterling silver oxidized and 18 karat gold filled filigree.Greek orthodox Christian cross pendant

Graduation gift. Mother's Day gift. Byzantine protection cross silver pendant, 18k gold filled sterling silver, oxidized solid silver. Byzantine cross with filigree ornament on a cross as main element in the center. Solid oxidized Sterling silver combined with 18k gold-filled ornaments. One of Rafael Santarosa's unique designs.
Greek orthodox Christian cross bracelet on solid sterling silver oxidized with 18k cold filled byzantine filigree decoration. Museum imperial cross. A cross, designed by Rafael Santarosa, as a reconstitution of byzantine way. Made of oxidized or 18k gold filed sterling silver.
The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus, is the best-known symbol of Christianity. It is related to the crucifix (a cross that includes a corpus, usually a three-dimensional representation of Jesus' body) and to the more general family of cross symbols, the term cross itself being detached from the original specifically Christian meaning in modern English (as in many other western languages).
The oldest extant depiction of the execution of Jesus in any medium seems to be the second-century or early third-century relief on a jasper gemstone meant for use as an amulet, which is now in the British Museum in London. It portrays a naked bearded man whose arms are tied at the wrists by short strips to the transom of a T-shaped cross. An inscription in Greek on the obverse contains an invocation of the redeeming crucified Christ. On the reverse a later inscription by a different hand combines magical formulae with Christian terms. The catalogue of a 2007 exhibition says: "The appearance of the Crucifixion on a gem of such an early date suggests that pictures of the subject (now lost) may have been widespread even in the late second or early third century, most likely in conventional Christian contexts".
The cross symbol was already associated with Christians in the 2nd century however, It has been argued that Christians were reluctant to use it as it depicts a purposely painful and gruesome method of public execution. A symbol similar to the cross, the staurogram, was used to abbreviate the Greek word for cross in very early New Testament manuscripts, almost like a nomen sacrum. The extensive adoption of the cross as Christian iconographic symbol arose from the 4th century.
as is indicated in the anti-Christian arguments cited in the Octavius of Minucius Felix, written at the end of that century or the beginning of the next, and by the fact that by the early 3rd century the cross had become so closely associated with Christ that Clement of Alexandria, who died between 211 and 216, could without fear of ambiguity use the phrase "τὸ κυριακὸν σημεῖον" (the Lord's sign) to mean the cross, when he repeated the idea, current as early as the apocryphal Epistle of Barnabas, that the number 318 (in Greek numerals, ΤΙΗ) in Genesis 14:14 was interpreted as a foreshadowing (a "type") of the cross (T, an upright with crossbar, standing for 300) and of Jesus (ΙΗ, the first two letters of his name ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, standing for. The crucifix, a cross upon which an image of Christ is present, is not known to have been used until the 6th century AD.
In contemporary Christianity, communicants of the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches are expected to wear a cross necklace at all times; these are ordinarily given to believers at their baptism.
Many Christians, such as those in the tradition of the Church of the East, continue the practice of hanging a Christian cross in their homes, often on the east wall. Crosses or crucifixes are often the center of a Christian family's home altar as well.
Catholics, Orthodox Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, members of the major branches of Christianity with other adherents as Lutheranism and Anglicans, and others often make the Sign of the Cross upon themselves. This was already a common Christian practice in the time of Tertullian.
The Feast of the Cross is an important Christian feast. One of the twelve Great Feasts in Orthodox Catholic is the Exaltation of the Cross on September 14, which commemorates the consecration of the basilica on the site where the original cross of Jesus was reportedly discovered in 326 by Helena of Constantinople, mother of Constantine the Great. The Catholic Church celebrates the feast on the same day and under the same name (In Exaltatione Sanctae Crucis), though in English it has been called the feast of the Triumph of the Cross.
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican bishops place a cross [+] before their name when signing a document. The dagger symbol (†) placed after the name of a dead person (often with the date of death) is sometimes taken to be a Christian cross.

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All jewelry is made from sterling silver 925 or solid gold and can be worn 24 hours a day.
A bit of care is needed for the gold plated or gold filled items, where continuous contact with water or perfumes will gradually fade away the plating.
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Sizing details
Each country has it's own scaling system, so we use many scales on our product listings .If you are not familiar with our sizing please ask.
Ring sizes are in US or French
and lengths or widths are in centimeters or inches.
One inch is 2.54cm

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