20 January 2014
Cross of Ephrosinia of Polotsk
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Belarus 1992, Cross of Ephrosinia of Polotsk, Orthodox Church in Belarus, 1000th anniv., Perf. Souvenir sheet.
The cross in Eastern Christianity has a complex history with surprizing variety and symbology.
"The Holy Cross has illuminated, and it decorated the sky with stars and showed everything like the sun!" ~ from Ethiopian Orthodox blessing at Meskel
"No longer does the flaming sword guard the gate of Eden, for a marvelous quenching is come upon it, even the Tree of the Cross." ~ from Greek Orthodox Kontakion
