Features:
Dimensions: 53h24h6mm
Avg. Weight: 17 gr.
Composition: Composition: Silver 925 999 Gold plated, hot enamel
Technique - Hot enamel. Handmade.
Cross-reliquary with the icon of the Crucifixion of Christ and Saint Nicholas is designed in the ancient, full of symbolism forms. Created in cloisonné enamel images of the saints are like the shining gold of the kingdom of God's Glory in the earthly world, spread out the cross for four parts of the world.
Reliquary, or encolpion (Gr.), First appeared in the Byzantine Empire and intended for the storage of the particles of the relics and other holy sites. The most common were made in the shape of a cross and decorated with icons, as a combined effect of several sacred objects, a person could be worn on the chest. Cross-reliquary at the same time protect human, sanctified and healed his miraculous divine power supplied to the cross, icons and relics of saints.
