Hand Carved Serpentine Stone Pendant Necklace Cross - Biblical Antioch Ichthys

Description

This amazing cross is made in Biblical Antioch/Turkey where the followers of Jesus were called Christians first.
It is all hand made and it is carved from a natural stone called black serpentine which is unique to Antioch.
Ichthys “ This design is called Ichthys. The acronym is the earliest use of Christian symbolism where we proclaim that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and the Savior.” It is also simply known as the Jesus Fish.
ΙΧΘΥΣ, (Ichthys) is a acronym  for "Ίησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ", (Iēsous Christos, Theou Yios, Sōtēr) which translates into English as "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour."
Iota (i) is the first letter of Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), Greek for "Jesus".
Chi (ch) is the first letter of Christos (Χριστός), Greek for "anointed."
Theta (th) is the first letter of Theou (Θεοῦ), Greek for "God's", the genitive case of Θεóς, Theos," Greek for "God."
Upsilon (y) is the first letter of (h)yios[6] (Υἱός), Greek for "Son".
Sigma (s) is the first letter of sōtēr (Σωτήρ), Greek for "Savior."
*Due to the hand-carved nature of the crosses, size, shape and design may vary.
All our necklaces come with 30 inch adjustable wax coated cords.
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