Old christian symbols

Our friend Chris discovered these in an old Bible in Fordland and we have been using them ever since

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This is a brief tour of the most commonly used religious symbols and what they mean to the people who use them.

Also known as the Russian Orthodox cross, it is a Christian cross consisting of a basic latin cross with a slanted bar at the foot and a smaller cross bar at the head. The slanted bar represents the two thieves at the sides of Jesus with the right pointing to heaven and the left pointing down. The upper bar is for the sign above Jesus which read "Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum" or "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" often depicted as "INRI"

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If i ever got a tattoo i would get this Chi Rho symbol. I made this with the crown of thorns around i think it looks great!

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Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.(Hab.3:18) i love You Jesus, with all my heart;and with all my heart, i thank You!

Set of Christ symbols. The image is a vector illustration and can be used for different compositions. The image is an .eps file and you will need a vector editor to use this file, such as Adobe Illustrator.

The below is from the ROCOR Jordanville Prayer Book and may vary slightly from your local practice. Orthodox Christians have received from the Holy Fathers and observe the following practice throughout the world: 1. Entering the holy temple and making the sign of the Cross upon oneself thrice, one makes a bow with each, saying: "Thou hast created me, O Lord, have mercy." "God be merciful to me a sinner." "Countless times have I sinned, O Lord, forgive me." 2. Then, having bowed to the right…

A monogram is one or more letters put together to form a symbol. Monograms date back to the first century and are among Christianity’s ol...

An unabridged republication of the English translation first published ... in 1930.

Reposting this from the 2015 archives to celebrate the feast of the Trinity: As the Liturgical Year returns to the “Season of the Year” or “Ordinary Time,” the pattern does not fall completely into place. The first few Sundays are special solemnities of Our Lord, so there will not be the green vestments and a numbered Sunday but white vestments and the highest celebration. This Sunday is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, falling on what

An introduction to early Christian symbolism: a series of compositions from fresco-paintings, glasses, and sculptured sarcophagi 1885