A processional cross is a crucifix or cross which is carried in Christian processions. Such crosses have a long history: the Gregorian mission of Saint...
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latticework processional cross (socketed for staff) latticework reminiscent of Celtic knot-work, Amhara Region, mid 20th century. Processional cross (socketed...
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The Lalibela Cross is a large, elaborately decorated processional cross variation of the Ethiopian-Eritrean cross, considered one of Ethiopia's most precious...
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Making the sign of the cross (Latin: signum crucis), also known as blessing oneself or crossing oneself, is a ritual blessing made by members of some...
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usually contains members of the clergy and the choir walking behind the processional cross. Occasionally, a service will also contain a recessional hymn, although...
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The Christian cross, with or without a figure of Christ included, is the main religious symbol of Christianity. A cross with a figure of Christ affixed...
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Crucifer (redirect from Cross-Bearer)
Methodist Church), a person appointed to carry the church's processional cross, a cross or crucifix with a long staff, during processions at the beginning...
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jewelled cross (Kellia, Egypt, late 6th century) Coptic cross from the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Philae Ethiopian Orthodox Processional cross from the...
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to: Processional (play), a 1925 play by John Howard Lawson Roman Processional, the tenth chapter of the Roman Ritual Processional cross, a cross or crucifix...
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was likely a processional cross detachable from its staff, and placed on the altar after processing. This was at first almost always a cross rather than...
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and age are diverse. An acolyte can assist in worship by carrying a processional cross, lighting candles, holding the Gospel book, holding candles or "torches"...
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Ecclesiastical heraldry (section Cross)
number of tassels that increases with rank. Other insignia include the processional cross, and the episcopal mitre and crosier. Eastern traditions favor the...
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with an antasdan service (blessing of the fields) during which the processional cross is adorned with basil (a symbol of royalty) and the four corners of...
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on the altar; and one altar server, called the crucifer, carries a processional cross at the front of the procession. Other servers may carry blessed candles...
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archiepiscopal processional cross (with two bars instead of one) in liturgical processions. The archbishop of Canterbury's metropolitical processional cross is always...
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Fistula Flabellum Funghellino Holy water Incense use Manuterge Paten Processional cross Pyx Sacramental bread wafer Sacramental wine (or must) Thurible Liturgical...
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The Cross of Cong (Irish: Cros Chonga, "the yellow baculum") is an early 12th-century Irish Christian ornamented cusped processional cross, which was,...
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The Cross of Lothair or Lothair Cross (German: Lotharkreuz) is a crux gemmata (jewelled cross) processional cross dating from about 1000 AD, though its...
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The Cloisters Cross (also known as the Bury St Edmunds Cross), is a complex 12th-century ivory Romanesque altar cross or processional cross. It is named...
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Mid-20th century processional cross from the Amhara Region, typically carried on long poles in Ethiopian Orthodox religious processions...
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chalices will often have icons enameled or engraved on them, as well as a cross. In Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism, all communicants receive both the...
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burning incense (if incense is used at the Mass) and a cross-bearer carrying a processional cross, who is flanked on either side by another server bearing...
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Fistula Flabellum Funghellino Holy water Incense use Manuterge Paten Processional cross Pyx Sacramental bread wafer Sacramental wine (or must) Thurible Liturgical...
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Fistula Flabellum Funghellino Holy water Incense use Manuterge Paten Processional cross Pyx Sacramental bread wafer Sacramental wine (or must) Thurible Liturgical...
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Fistula Flabellum Funghellino Holy water Incense use Manuterge Paten Processional cross Pyx Sacramental bread wafer Sacramental wine (or must) Thurible Liturgical...
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Donostia-San Sebastián Excerpt from gravestone in Święciechowa, showing R.I.P This cross from 1720 bears the complete Latin phrase in its plural form ("Requiescant...
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The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz, listen, abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918)...
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prostrations, as these parts of the body are used to make the sign of the cross. The Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican Churches use full prostrations, lying...
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Otto-Mathilden-Kreuz) is a medieval crux gemmata (jewelled cross) processional cross in the Essen Cathedral Treasury. It was created in the late tenth...
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Machine. Accessed 11 Feb 2013 Romans 13:8 Nathan Eubank 2013, Wages of Cross-Bearing and Debt of Sin (Walter de Gruyter ISBN 978-31-1030407-7), p. 2...
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