Good Cross For An Adult To Get Baptized With?

[Orthodox Andrew]

Any suggestions would be much appreciated?

 

[Matrona]

Any suggestions would be much appreciated?

It took me a second to figure out what you meant. (And I hope I have this right... otherwise I'll be very embarrassed.)

My personal favorite, and the one I received at my own baptism, is one from Holoviak Church Supply. It is a simple Orthodox three-bar cross. The one I have is item #C-10SGO.

You can see them here:

http://holoviak.com/acatalog/Holoviaks_Crosses_With_Chains_Included_11.html

(This is one of the same crosses they have at Conciliar Press.)

They also have a separate selection of 14kt gold jewelry.

 

[Orthodox Andrew]

That's exactly what I meant, thanks!


BTW, do you think Crosses of this style are good for a male?

 

[Moros]

Can someone explain to me the significance of a baptismal cross over a regular neck cross?

 

[Matrona]

That's exactly what I meant, thanks!


BTW, do you think Crosses of this style are good for a male?

Whatever cross the godparents and the catechumen want is usually what goes (depending on who's paying for it and how old the catechumen is). Traditionally the godparents purchase the cross, but in my case, I bought it since at the time I could easily afford it, and my godmother is a student like me and I didn't want her to have to buy such an expensive cross.

Most Orthodox guys I know have relatively plain crosses. I think that's a very nice cross, though, and in my own thoroughly non-professional opinion, I think it would be quite all right for a male.

 

[Orthodox Andrew]

Whatever cross the godparents and the catechumen want is usually what goes (depending on who's paying for it and how old the catechumen is). Traditionally the godparents purchase the cross, but in my case, I bought it since at the time I could easily afford it, and my godmother is a student like me and I didn't want her to have to buy such an expensive cross.

Most Orthodox guys I know have relatively plain crosses. I think that's a very nice cross, though, and in my own thoroughly non-professional opinion, I think it would be quite all right for a male.

I can understand why you wouldn't want her to pay for it.

Thanks for your post.

 

[Photini]

My godmother and her husband are jewelers. So her husband made my cross.
It looks like the crosses you see on monastic schema. It kind of looks like this cross: (I don't know why it came out funky...but if you click on it, it shows up the right way... )

 

[nicodemus]

My godfather bought mine. It is fairly plain, of course, what do you expect from someone that is now a novice

 

[Orthodox Andrew]

My godmother and her husband are jewelers. So her husband made my cross.
It looks like the crosses you see on monastic schema. It kind of looks like this cross: (I don't know why it came out funky...but if you click on it, it shows up the right way... )

It looks gorgeous, Photini.