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I doubt very much whether the cross shows St Sergei of Radonezh, the patron of my kellion. His beard is completely wrong and he is always shown bareheaded - even in sentimental chocolate box icons. Since the Slavonic is so unclear, I cannot make out who it is, but St Sergei... I think not!
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Mark, monk and sinner.
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Bless me a sinner, Father Mark! O.K., any bright ideas from yourself as to who it could be?  Alex
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Dear Administrator, I just saw the new inscription beneath my avatar . . . It should be "YCIX" not "YCE." In any event, I'm happy that our recent conversation about languages in the liturgy has had an impact on your views . . . Alex
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Alex,
Given our recent conversations I think I like "євангеліст на канада" better. I almost added "в anhliys'kyy". :p
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Bless, Father Mark!
The figure on the back of that Cross is a patron saint of mine, St Alexander Nevsky.
Did you know I'm distantly related to him?
Alex
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It did occur to me that it looked like the traditional portrayals of him. I'm glad that there has been a return to this iconography of him in the schema - which was banned by Peter 'the Great'  in favour of the militaristic 'icon' of the warrior-prince. Spasi Khristos - Mark, monk and sinner.
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Bless me a sinner, Father Mark!
Yes, I have an antique medal depicting St Alexander as a warrior-prince and another depicting him as a monk.
As I understand it, his universal liturgical cult is to him as a "Venerable Monk" rather than as a Prince.
But you are a prince of a man yourself!
Alex
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