St.Tikhon's Monastery - Solid Sterling Silver St. Andrew Cross

Supplied by St. Tikhon's Monastery Bookstore: St. Tikhon's Monastery Bookstore is in rural North East Pennsylvania at America's oldest Orthodox Monastery. 

Solid Sterling Silver

Pendant Dimensions:  

Medium - 11/16″ wide by 1 3/8″ high  

Small - 3/8″ wide by 3/4″ high

The three-bar Russian or St. Andrew cross appears with great frequency in Slavic religious symbolism. Tradition teaches that when the Apostle Andrew preached in southern Russia he placed a life-size three-bar cross at his side. While explaining the Last Judgment he tilted the foot plate to signify that those on the right side of Christ will go up into heaven and those on the left will go down into hell.