Cossack Cross 18

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Cossack Cross 18

Map number: 18

Year of burial:

Name and surname: YOAN

Inscription: ІС ХС / НИКА / ЗДЄСЬ / ОПОЧИВАЄ РА/ БЪ БОЖА ИОАНЪ

Form typology: Pattée-straight cross.

Dimensions: 57 x 76 x 21 cm

Description

The abbreviations ІС and ХС are under a titlo. The abbreviation means "Jesus Christ". НІКА – translated from Greek, it means victory. Carved on a cross, the word Nika proclaims the resurrection of Christ and His victory over death. A rectangle is carved on the head of the cross. Evidently there was a date. The lower part of the cross has not survived.