Orthodox Crucifix Save and Protect Wooden Cross 8in
$49
A Symbol of Salvation
This finely made Orthodox cross carries the oldest and most cherished sign of the Christian faith. Worn close to the heart or kept as a personal keepsake, it offers quiet strength and a constant reminder of the path of devotion. A timeless gift for baptisms, name days, Christmas, Easter, or any moment worth celebrating.
Made in Russia
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- Made in Russia
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Return any item within 30 days of delivery for a refund. Consecrated items are final sale. Returns policy
What Consecration is
Our priest consecrates your item with holy water and the prayers of the Church, commemorating the person you name, so that it comes to you set apart for prayer. It arrives with a certificate signed by our priest and a vial of holy water. About Consecration
"Save and Protect" wall cross
Save and protect: the prayer of every Russian cross, for your wall.
“Save and protect” (Спаси и сохрани) is the prayer Russian Orthodox Christians carry engraved on the back of their baptismal cross. This wooden cross brings it to the wall of your home. The faithful ask the Cross to guard the home and the journey, to drive away evil spirits, and to deliver from illness.
Why this cross
In an Orthodox home the Cross hangs where the family prays, above a doorway or over a bed. It is the sign Christ conquered death by, and the Church calls it “the guardian of the whole world.” This 8-inch wooden cross carries a printed Crucifixion and the Slavonic words of the prayer the Church has always made through it: save and protect. Each evening the faithful say, “Rejoice, most precious and life-giving Cross of the Lord, which drivest away the demons.” It is a fitting gift for a new home, a hospital room, or a godchild’s wall.
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to with the words “Save and protect” (Спаси и сохрани)
- Prayed to for protection from the demons: “Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered”
- Prayed to for the protection of the home and the journey
- Prayed to for healing and deliverance from illness
- Prayed to for strength to carry one’s own cross
- Prayed to for remembrance of Christ’s love at every moment
- Protector from evil spirits and from every evil
- Protector of the household where it hangs
- Feast days
Exaltation of the Cross, 14 September (27 September on the Old Calendar); Procession of the Wood of the Cross, 1 August (14 August); Sunday of the Cross, mid-Lent (movable).
- For whom
a new home, a newly married couple, a sickroom, a child’s room, a family that keeps a Russian prayer corner.
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