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A cross with three crossbars, the lowest set at a slant.
Also known as: Russian Orthodox cross, Three-bar cross, Slavic cross
The Orthodox cross carries three crossbars: a short upper bar for the inscription, the main bar, and a slanted lower bar used as a footrest in iconography.
Identifies Eastern Orthodox Christianity, particularly the Russian and other Slavic traditions.
Contexts: Religion
Carries three bars: a short upper bar representing the inscription placed above Christ, the main crossbar, and a lower slanted bar shown in iconography as a footrest.
Contexts: Religion
Attracts several explanations for the slant of the lower bar within Orthodox tradition; these are devotional interpretations rather than a single settled account.
Recorded as tradition because the explanations are held within the tradition and are not uniform across it.
Contexts: Religion
A vertical beam crossed by three bars — a short one near the top, a long one below it, and a slanted one near the foot.
Both are forms of the Christian cross used by different traditions.