Material: 925◦ silver, 999◦ gold plated
Average weight: 11.8 grams
Size: 47*26mm
Technique: casting, gilding, blackening, handmade.
On the front side of the pectoral cross, according to tradition, the Crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ is depicted. Orthodox iconography shows us the crucified Lord not in the form of a painfully dying person, but as a majestic and omnipotent God, Who, with outstretched arms, seems to embrace the whole world. Therefore, on pectoral crosses, He is often referred to as the King of Glory. The human sufferings of the Lord are usually only indicated by the tilt of His head and half-closed eyes. The central image of Christ is in prayer to the right of Him - the Mother of God, to the left - John the Baptist
The reverse side of the cross is decorated with the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The bishop of the Lycian city of Myra, who lived in the 3rd century, is the most revered saint not only in Russia, but throughout the world. For Western Christians, this is the good Santa Claus, who gives gifts for Christmas, for the Orthodox, Nikola Ugodnik, assistant in business, protector of travelers, patron of students, comforter of the offended and needy, healer of the most terrible and serious ailments, intercessor and prayer book for people before God. Also on the reverse side of the cross are fragments of a tetramorph - in Christian doctrine and theology - this is a winged creature from the vision of the prophet Ezekiel, one with four faces: a man, a lion, a bull and an eagle. In the Revelation of St. John the Theologian, the tetramorph is presented in the form of separate Four apocalyptic creatures, who are guardians of the four corners of the Throne of the Lord and the four limits of paradise. Later, these animals were interpreted as symbols of the four evangelists and the term "tetramorph" was used to describe their iconography. The creatures became the Symbols of the Evangelists and the form of their traditional symbolic representation: Matthew in the form of an angel, Mark in the form of a lion, Luke in the form of a calf, John in the form of an eagle. Each of them is winged and holds the Gospel.
