BOOK PICK: Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different ... The new book The Cross: A Universal Symbol answers all these queries — and more — in enlightening ways.

The crucifix is "really the symbol of complete failure and ... painted image - will be removed from the wooden cross at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral and wrapped in a linen shroud.

bringing out a golden Orthodox cross. "This cross is the very symbol that led this great Roman Emperor Constantine to victory. As Christ revealed to him in a vision, 'Ἐν τούτῳ νίκα ...

Today, the cross is the universal symbol of Christianity ... The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches use the crucifix as a focus of religious devotion, as do some Lutheran and Anglican ...

With this in mind, Versace showing a Byzantine cross on a catwalk ... The ankh, or Coptic cross, evolved into the biological symbol for female. The three bars of the Papal cross suggest the ...

Recall that the standard Russian Orthodox cross consists ... its most ancient churches bearing these symbols. The 14th-century Alekseevsky memorial cross is housed in the city’s main place ...