360671✽
Can someone explain to me what Katulles newest designs mean in her Religion???I have never seen some of these???Thanks carolyn
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360671✽
I should of also said i think they could make nice coasters but i would like to know there meaning .The news said it was there CHRISTMAS/CHURCH HOILDAY TODAY???
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19452✽
From what I see in one of them, she has drawn designs of 4 prominent world faiths: Muslim, Christian, Zen, and orthodox-Greek or Russian.
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can you tell me which ones are which???
half moon = Muslim
Cross = Christian
Cross with bar = Orthodox Greek/Russian
Circle = Zen
Cross = Christian
Cross with bar = Orthodox Greek/Russian
Circle = Zen
You can also recognize the shape of the buildings: the Western church with simple tower, the onion shape of the Russian church 'towers' and the minarets of the mosques.
89895✽
Found you some information on the symbols.
1. The Russian Orthodox cross: crosses have extra bars like the slanted one on the bottom?’
The top bar is the sign placed on the cross that said ‘Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews’. The bottom bar is the piece of wood to which Jesus’ feet were nailed. (On Byzantine crucifixes, the feet are side by side, each with a nail through it; on Roman ones they are crossed, with one nail going through both.) There are several stories to explain why the bottom bar is often slanted. One identifies it with the X-shaped cross on which St Andrew later was killed. (St Andrew the apostle is a patron saint of Byzantine Churches — legend has it he visited Scythia, which later became the Ukraine.) Another is a legend that says the bar tilted like a scale to show the good thief crucifed next to Jesus, St Dismas, joined Him in paradise while the thief who mocked Him was lost. Still another explanation simply says Jesus was in such pain He tried to move His legs, causing the bottom board to shift. Most often identified with the Orthodox and particularly with the Russian Church, the three-bar cross pre-dates the conversion of the Russians in 988. In Byzantine iconography it has been used as a symbol of martyrdom.
2. Common Christian cross is the Latin cross.
3. The star and crescent is the best-known symbol used to represent Islam. It features prominently on the flags of many countries in the Islamic world, notably Turkey and Pakistan.
4. The TAO or Ying Yang: An ancient Chinese symbol used originally to represent a widespread belief in unity, polarity, holism, and magic.
1. The Russian Orthodox cross: crosses have extra bars like the slanted one on the bottom?’
The top bar is the sign placed on the cross that said ‘Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews’. The bottom bar is the piece of wood to which Jesus’ feet were nailed. (On Byzantine crucifixes, the feet are side by side, each with a nail through it; on Roman ones they are crossed, with one nail going through both.) There are several stories to explain why the bottom bar is often slanted. One identifies it with the X-shaped cross on which St Andrew later was killed. (St Andrew the apostle is a patron saint of Byzantine Churches — legend has it he visited Scythia, which later became the Ukraine.) Another is a legend that says the bar tilted like a scale to show the good thief crucifed next to Jesus, St Dismas, joined Him in paradise while the thief who mocked Him was lost. Still another explanation simply says Jesus was in such pain He tried to move His legs, causing the bottom board to shift. Most often identified with the Orthodox and particularly with the Russian Church, the three-bar cross pre-dates the conversion of the Russians in 988. In Byzantine iconography it has been used as a symbol of martyrdom.
2. Common Christian cross is the Latin cross.
3. The star and crescent is the best-known symbol used to represent Islam. It features prominently on the flags of many countries in the Islamic world, notably Turkey and Pakistan.
4. The TAO or Ying Yang: An ancient Chinese symbol used originally to represent a widespread belief in unity, polarity, holism, and magic.
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wowwwwwwwwwww thanks for the lesson your tops:):)
Thanks for the interesting info.