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sprinkleeninow

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Wed Apr 22, 2020, 12:50 AM Apr 2020

☦ Orthodox Christian Bright Week of Pascha

Christ Is Risen!
Truly He Is Risen!


'Troparion of the Resurrection':
"Christ is Risen from the dead,
Trampling down Death by death,
And upon those in the tombs,
Bestowing Life!"


John 10:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
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☦ Orthodox Christian Bright Week of Pascha (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Apr 2020 OP
Why does the cross have that extra thingie on it at 45 degrees or so? LastDemocratInSC Apr 2020 #1
The Eastern Cross depicts a slanted third bar where Christ's feet rested and supported His body. sprinkleeninow Apr 2020 #2

LastDemocratInSC

(3,625 posts)
1. Why does the cross have that extra thingie on it at 45 degrees or so?
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 02:06 AM
Apr 2020

This question has been approved by a garden variety infidel.

sprinkleeninow

(20,136 posts)
2. The Eastern Cross depicts a slanted third bar where Christ's feet rested and supported His body.
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 03:11 AM
Apr 2020
Because of the cruel, agonizing death by crucifixion, death is brought about, not by blood loss, but from the body slumping or collapsing and no longer able to draw breath. The final shifting of the body caused the footrest to slant.
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