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Praying Hands (German: Betende Hände), also known as Study of the Hands of an Apostle (Studie zu den Händen eines Apostels), is a pen-and-ink drawing by the German printmaker, painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer. The work is today stored at the Albertina museum in Vienna, Austria.
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The 1549 Book of Common Prayer reduced the use of the sign of the cross by clergy during liturgy to five occasions, although an added note ("As touching, kneeling, crossing, holding up of hands, and other gestures; they may be used or left as every man's devotion serveth, without blame") gave more leeway to the faithful to make the sign. [39]
PRAYER BEADS ๐ U+1F540: CIRCLED CROSS POMMEE (Orthodox typicon symbol for great feast service) ๐ U+1F541: CROSS POMMEE WITH HALF-CIRCLE BELOW (Orthodox typicon symbol for vigil service) ๐ U+1F542: CROSS POMMEE (Orthodox typicon symbol for Polyeleos) ๐ U+1F543: NOTCHED LEFT SEMICIRCLE WITH THREE DOTS (Orthodox typicon symbol for ...
Orans, a loanword from Medieval Latin orans (Latin: [หoห.raหns]) translated as "one who is praying or pleading", also orant or orante, as well as lifting up holy hands, is a posture or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.
Object history: Willibald Imhoff (1519-1580), Nürnberg (Kunstbuch, Verzeichnis 1588, Zeichnung 17b: "Christus samt zweyen Händen in grau.") 1588 an Kaiser Rudolf II.;
Rosa Mystica (or Mystical Rose) is a poetic title of Mary. One form of Marian devotion is invoking Virgin Mary's prayers by calling upon her using a litany of diverse titles, and the title 'Mystical Rose' is found in the Litany of Loreto .
The Priestly Blessing or priestly benediction (Hebrew: ืืจืืช ืืื ืื; translit. birkat kohanim), also known in rabbinic literature as raising of the hands (Hebrew nesiat kapayim), [1] rising to the platform (Hebrew aliyah ledukhan), [2] dukhenen (Yiddish from the Hebrew word dukhan – platform – because the blessing is given from a raised rostrum), or duchening, [3] is a Hebrew prayer ...