Beautiful silver cross

Welcome to our store😀 •Don't think about what to wear with!) Wear with pleasure))©♥️🤗 💥With respect to you, dear customers 💥Размер - 47мм на 37мм 💥Вес -8,75 The cross is made of sterling silver and painted with hot enamel. Cross "Golgotha ​​Cross with Tsata. Troparion to the Cross" The silver cross with multi-colored hot enamel is made in the tradition of Russian Orthodox crosses of the 17th-18th centuries, widespread in the northern lands of Rus'. A similar cross of the 17th century from Veliky Ustyug can be seen in the Hermitage collection. The shape of the cross is four-pointed, with thickenings at the ends of the beams in the form of truncated pyramids. The beams are connected by arcs that form a circle in its solar symbolism, recalling the words of Christ: "I am the light of the world ..." (Gospel of John 8:12; 9:5). On the arcs there are four castes for stones or enamel, symbolizing the four evangelists or four Gospels, bringing the light of Christian teaching to the four cardinal points. On the white background of the four-pointed cross is depicted the eight-pointed Calvary cross with a tsata in the center. Tsata is a symbol of the rank of the Kingdom and the High Priesthood, on the cross it has a glorifying character, speaking of the victory of Christ. The color of the enamel also helps the correct symbolic reading. Thus, the white background, often used in Russian enamel products, not only effectively highlights other colors, but also, as a symbol of innocence and holiness of the soul, according to iconographic traditions, is a designation of paradise. Therefore, the white background on the cross corresponds to the widespread inscription M.L.R.B. (place of the frontal Paradise was), speaking of the restoration of the lost paradise. Other colors are also symbolic: blue is the color of Divine incomprehensibility, truth, revelation; green is the color of eternal Life and the victory of life over death; yellow or gold is the color of the sun and Divine light.