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The liturgy of the Mystery of Crowning involves the placement of crowns on both heads of the couple in a lengthy ceremony, which is preceded by a betrothal ceremony. [4] Candles. The bride and groom are both given candles. The Joining of Hands. After some more prayers by the priest, the priest will join the right hands of both the bride and groom.
In the Syriac Orthodox Church, a West Syriac Oriental Orthodox Church, the two typical matrimonial services are celebrated. At the crowning liturgy, the crown is held over the head of the bridegroom by the celebrant, who waves the crown in the shape of a cross. After reciting a prayer, the same is done over the bride.
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
The Monastery of St. Stephen (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Στεφάνου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece. [2] It is situated at the top of a rocky precipice. [3] Kukulas (Κουκουλάς) peak (510 m) overlooks the monastery. In 1961, the monastery was converted ...
Tama (Greek: τάμα, pl. τάματα, tamata) are a form of votive offering or ex-voto used in the Eastern Orthodox Church, particularly the Greek Orthodox Church. Tamata are usually small metal plaques, which may be of base or precious metal, usually with an embossed image symbolizing the subject of prayer for which the plaque is offered.
A Greek cross. Each gamma represents one of the four Evangelists, radiating from the central Greek Cross, which represents Christ. Depicted, as an instance, on the vestments of the hierarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church Cross of passion The Passion Cross has sharpened points at the end of one or more of the cross members.
Greek Orthodox clergyman wearing clerical kalimavkion. A kalimavkion (Greek: καλυμμαύχιον), kalymmavchi (καλυμμαύχι), or, by metathesis of the word's internal syllables, kamilavka (Russian: Камила́вка, romanized: Kamilávka), is a clerical headdress worn by Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic monks (in which case it is black) or awarded to clergy (in which ...
Jerusalem cross based on a cross potent (as commonly realised in early modern heraldry) The national flag of Georgia The Jerusalem cross (also known as "five-fold Cross", or "cross-and-crosslets") is a heraldic cross and Christian cross variant consisting of a large cross potent surrounded by four smaller Greek crosses, one in each quadrant, representing the Four Evangelists and the spread of ...