Russian Orthodox cross
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The Russian Orthodox Cross is a variation of the Christian cross used since the 16th century in Russia, although it bears some similarity to a cross with a bottom crossbeam slanted the other way found
Cross-over-Crescent variation of the Orthodox Cross at the Plevna Chapel in Moscow
Double-sided icon with Christ Pantocrator and an Orthodox cross, Constantinople, 15th century
A folio from the Vani Gospels manuscript, copied at the behest of Queen Tamar.
A 17th-century miniature of the Battle of Kulikovo (1380). A warrior bears a red banner with a cross.
Old Believers
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Old Believers or Old Ritualists is the common term for numerous religious communities that maintain the old liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church, as they were before the refo
Russian Orthodox cross
…1577 Coat of arms of Russia from the seal of Fyodor I, 1589 Russian military flag, 1696–1699 Russian military flag, 1706 A copper cross typical for Old believers A cross of a Russian Orthodox priest A modern memorial to Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Coat of arms of Moscow Oblast, 2005 Coat…
A leaflet from the Morozov Apocalypse, a Pomorian manuscript from circa 1820 commissioned by the prominent Morozov family, depicting a scene from Book of Revelation.
Members of the Pomorian accord, 19th century.
Old Believer women in Tarbagatay, Buryatia.
Patriarch Nikon and Tsar Alexis ordering the revision of liturgy. A painting by Aleksey Kivshenko.