EXCLUSIVE NILOV Monastery 24ct gold plated, PURPLE AMETHYST enamelled cross.

Deep amethyst coloured enamel, 24 carat gold plated, sterling silver cross with Swarovski crystal details.

Gold plating is 5 microns thick- more than double that of most gold plated jewellery. This cross is made using the hot enamel technique. Enamel has been used in church applied art since ancient times. In church worship, each color has its own origin and deep meaning. Therefore, enamel has a deeper religious dimension in addition to other aspects (images, form, symbols).

On the reverse side of the cross is the shortest and most essential Christian prayer: “Lord, have mercy.”

Crafted in the renowned Russian jewellery workshop "Nilova Pustyn" which creates Orthodox jewellery with the blessing of the Vicar of the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Desert, Archimandrite Arkady on the territory of the male monastery "Nilo-Stolobenskaya Desert". All products of the company are consecrated there.

“Nilova Pustyn” jewellery firm has operated for more than 10 years, producing unique, high quality models of Orthodox jewellery. The staff of the workshop consists of jewellers, artists, icon painters, restorers, sculptors, among them members of the Union of Artists and the Russian Academy of Arts.

2.8cm length, 3.8cm with loop.

Approx 2.7cm wide.

Weight- 6.5gr