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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Mar 2, 2010 |
| Location: | |
| City: | New Britain |
| County: | Hartford |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Rubaduc  |
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| Found by: | sewlost |
| Last found: | Jul 10, 2019 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Mar 2, 2010 |
The Three-Bar Orthodox Cross.
Depictions of the Cross within the Orthodox Church are numerous and often highly ornamented. Some carry special significance. The Tri-Bar Cross has three bars instead of the single bar normally attached.
The small top crossbar represents the sign that Pontius Pilate nailed above Christ's head. It often is inscribed with an acronym meaning “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”; however, it is often replaced or amplified by the phrase "The King of Glory" in order to answer Pilate's statement with Christ's affirmation, "My Kingdom is not of this world".
There is also a bottom slanting bar. This appears for a number of reasons. Claims of evidence indicate that there was a small wooden platform for the crucified to stand on in order to support his weight; in Jesus' case his feet were nailed side by side to this platform with one nail each in order to prolong the torture of the cross. The bottom bar is slanted for two reasons, to represent the very real agony which Christ experienced on the cross and to signify that the thief on Christ's right chose the right path while the thief on the left did not.
I have a need to investigate every cemetery that I come across, which led me to the Russian Orthodox Cemetery on Wells St. I was so impressed with these crosses that I just had to plant a box in here. Please be extra respectful while here and if someone arrives, pretend to be watching the construction project below (at the University).
Taking route 175 out of Newington, Wells St. will be on your right opposite the route 9 entrance ramp.
Go straight to the right back of the cemetery. Notice some clumps of birch trees ahead of you. Look in the center of the one most to the left. It's a tight squeeze to reach the box. Make sure it looks "natural" when you leave. Thanks.
Depictions of the Cross within the Orthodox Church are numerous and often highly ornamented. Some carry special significance. The Tri-Bar Cross has three bars instead of the single bar normally attached.
The small top crossbar represents the sign that Pontius Pilate nailed above Christ's head. It often is inscribed with an acronym meaning “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”; however, it is often replaced or amplified by the phrase "The King of Glory" in order to answer Pilate's statement with Christ's affirmation, "My Kingdom is not of this world".
There is also a bottom slanting bar. This appears for a number of reasons. Claims of evidence indicate that there was a small wooden platform for the crucified to stand on in order to support his weight; in Jesus' case his feet were nailed side by side to this platform with one nail each in order to prolong the torture of the cross. The bottom bar is slanted for two reasons, to represent the very real agony which Christ experienced on the cross and to signify that the thief on Christ's right chose the right path while the thief on the left did not.
I have a need to investigate every cemetery that I come across, which led me to the Russian Orthodox Cemetery on Wells St. I was so impressed with these crosses that I just had to plant a box in here. Please be extra respectful while here and if someone arrives, pretend to be watching the construction project below (at the University).
Taking route 175 out of Newington, Wells St. will be on your right opposite the route 9 entrance ramp.
Go straight to the right back of the cemetery. Notice some clumps of birch trees ahead of you. Look in the center of the one most to the left. It's a tight squeeze to reach the box. Make sure it looks "natural" when you leave. Thanks.