Thread: Moscow churches
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Old 03-10-2006, 12:21 AM   #4
chipkluchi

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Another question about Russian churches - the crosses on the cupolas often have what looks like a crescent (?!) where the normal Byzantine cross has a slanted crossbeam (the scales of judgement). I have often wondered what the origin of this is.
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