Features:
Dimensions: 33h16h3mm
Avg. Weight: 6 gr.
Composition: Silver Gilt 925. 999. Diamonds.
Technique - Miniature relief, casting, gilding, blackening. Handmade.
Little rigorous cross with a crucifix on the front side and the Guardian Angel on the reverse complements the image of St. Andrew's Cross, lined with precious stones - traditionally revered in Russia and are often used in Russian symbolism from the beginning of the XVIII century. According to tradition, the Apostle Andrew founded the Christian Church in the Byzantine Empire and the preaching of the Word of God went through Scythia to the north, has established a cross in Kiev, rose to Novgorod and Volkhov and there perched on the hill is another cross (now the village. The Georgian). After relentless evangelizing apostle Andrew was martyred on an oblique cross.
