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"body"). The term Greek cross designates a cross with arms of equal length, as in a plus sign, while the Latin cross designates a cross with an elongated...- Church, this [cross] is found also in the Greek and Serbian Orthodox churches" and is also used by Eastern Rite Catholic Churches. This cross is also found...
variant consisting of a large cross potent surrounded by four smaller Greek crosses, one in each quadrant. Heavily popularized in the crusades, it was used...- The War Cross (Greek: Πολεμικός Σταυρός) is a military decoration of Greece, awarded for heroism in wartime to both Greeks and foreign allies. There have...
The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the "turquoise and white one" (Greek: Γαλανόλευκη, Galanólefki) or the "azure and white" (Κυανόλευκη...
western languages). The basic forms of the cross are the Latin cross with unequal arms and the Greek cross with equal arms, besides numerous variants...
executions. The Greek word is used in descriptions in antiquity of the execution cross, which indicate that its normal shape was similar to the Greek letter tau...- Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) is an Orthodox Christian liberal arts college and seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts...
- The Cross of Valour (Greek: Αριστείον Ανδρείας, Aristeion Andreias, lit. "Gallantry/Bravery Award") is the second highest (and until 1974 the highest)...
Christianity. This blessing is made by the tracing of an upright cross or Greek cross across the body with the right hand, often accompanied by spoken...
The term "St George's cross" was at first associated with any plain Greek cross touching the edges of the field (not necessarily red on white). Early...
The equal-armed cross, also referred to as the square cross, the balanced cross, and the peaceful cross, is a name for the Greek cross when this is found...- U+271D ✝ LATIN CROSS U+2628 ☨ CROSS OF LORRAINE U+2020 † DAGGER U+2021 ‡ DOUBLE DAGGER Christian symbolism Christian cross Greek cross Herbert Norris...
- & Katerina Korres-Zografos (1997). Greek flags, arms and insignia (Ελληνικές Σημαίες, Σήματα-Εμβλήματα) (in Greek). E. Kokkonis-G. Tsiveriotis. ISBN 960-7795-01-6...
Heraldic crosses are inherited in modern iconographic traditions and are used in numerous national flags. The Christian cross emblem (Latin cross or Greek cross)...- symbols with political/religious connotations: Other weights of the Greek cross are in Geometric Shapes Extended. The Unicode chart for the Enclosed...
tau cross is a T-shaped cross, sometimes with all three ends of the cross expanded. It is called a “tau cross” because it is shaped like the Greek letter...
Hellenic Army (redirect from Greek Army)ancient warriors that defended Greek lands in old times. The Hellenic Army Emblem is the two-headed eagle with a Greek Cross escutcheon in the centre. The...
direction. The Byzantine Church of the Holy Apostles, Athens, shows a Greek Cross plan with central dome and the axis marked by the narthex (transverse...- Turkmenistan Dominica — Gamma cross Dominican Republic — Greek cross Georgia — Jerusalem cross Switzerland — Greek cross England (UK constituent country)...
- Greek cross (plural Greek crosses) (heraldry) A cross with orthogonal arms of equal length.
- Catholic Encyclopedia Cross and Crucifix by Orazio Marucchi, Fernand Cabrol and Herbert Thurston 1493303Catholic Encyclopedia — Cross and CrucifixOrazio
- Everyman with a Greek accent. He is Sinbad crossed with Sancho Panza. He is the Shavian Life Force poured into a long, lean, fierce-mustached Greek whose 65
- The Greek language is one of the oldest written languages in the world, and Greek literary culture extends back in time even past the invention of writing