2017-10-03

Walking With Kings - Ostkreuz (Original Mix)



did you know that the, "Ostkreuz", (east cross,  The Eastern Orthodox Cross, also known as the Byzantine, Greek Orthodox, Macedonian, Russian, Slavic, Slavonic or Ukraine Cross, The Eastern Orthodox Cross), has three cross beams, and is distinctly different, from other Christian crosses. The deep symbolism, and the tradition of icons, were preserved from Byzantium through the Christian Empire, it created in Russia, (See also the Bezant Cross). Byzantium was the capital of the Christian Byzantine Empire, later renamed Constantinople, and currently Istanbul. The culture of the area is a rich mixture of different traditions of iconography. Alexander Roman tells us that in the East, and Russia in particular, a cross with three bars was worn by the lowest rank of priest, a privilege granted by the Russian Emperor Paul I, (1754-1801). Higher ranking clergy wore one-bar crosses, such as Metropolitan's and Abbots. In the West, the reverse was true, additional bars signified higher clerical or other significance. Two-bar crosses in the West, signified important Christian centres, i.e., patriarchal centres. Only the pope, had a three-bar Cross. (See also Papal Cross), The top beam, also seen on the Patriarchal cross, represents the plaque bearing Pontius Pilate's inscription, Jesus the Nazorean, King of the Jews, (see INRI). The Latin for such a plaque is titulus, which gives the name for this form: Titulus Cross. The upper beam, rarely has any inscription, it is just symbolic of a titulus. However, this cross is often embellished, with the acronym IC XC NIKA. (See also ICXC Cross), The lower beam represents a foot-support (suppedaneum) and began appearing in Eastern Christian art in the 6th century. The purpose of the suppedaneum was to support the weight of the body. We do not know whether such a device existed on Jesus' cross. (See Suppedaneum Cross), but i highly doubt it, given the purpose of the cross, to be a torture device and a means of killing, i don't think they gave much thought, to the comfort of it's services user as, standardz, hahahahaha, :) #edio

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