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.

A deliberately-concealed silver cross inlaid on the obverse of a Byzantine weight was discovered ... a Christian religious symbol used by the Christian population, so that they could continue ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...