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The Cross of Cong, Irish, 12th century A processional cross carried during the entrance procession of a Catholic Mass Russian Orthodox Crucession with lantern, processional cross and banners. A processional cross is a crucifix or cross which is carried in Christian processions. [1] Such crosses have a long history: the Gregorian mission of ...
Front side of the Cross of Justin II. The Cross of Justin II (also known as Crux Vaticana, Latin for "Vatican Cross") is a processional cross dating from the sixth century that is kept in the Treasury in St. Peter's Basilica, in Vatican City. It is also one of the oldest surviving claimed reliquaries of the True Cross, if not the oldest.
Pages in category "Processional crosses" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The cross is carried at the head of the procession, and banners embroidered with sacred pictures in places where this is customary; these banners must not be of military or triangular shape. Violet is the prescribed colour for processions, except on Corpus Christi, or on a day when some other colour is mandated.
Station 5: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross, Good Friday procession 2011 at Ulm, Germany In the Roman Catholic Church, the devotion may be conducted personally by the faithful, making their way from one station to another and saying the prayers, or by having an officiating celebrant move from cross to cross while the faithful make ...
A crucifer carrying a cross. A crucifer or cross-bearer is, in some Christian churches (particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutherans, and United Methodist Church), a person appointed to carry the church's processional cross, a cross or crucifix with a long staff, during processions at the beginning and end of the service.
Processional crosses (10 P) S. Saint Patrick's Day (1 C, 21 P) T. Thanksgiving parades (8 P) Pages in category "Christian processions" The following 40 pages are in ...
However, some Catholics made a 16-day procession with a crucifix from S. Marcello al Corso, through the streets of Rome, to St Peter's Basilica. As a processional cross they carried the wooden crucifix now housed in the Oratory of Santissimo Crocifisso. This crucifix was thought to be miraculous because it had survived a fire in 1519. [5] [6]