Eagle Rug Orthodox

Expert tailors who work in st elisabeth convent will make eagle rugs for you based on your preferences with regard to fabric color and embroidery.

Eagle rug orthodox. Church slavonic орлецъ orlets is a small rug usually round upon which eastern orthodox bishops stand during divine liturgy and other services. An eagle rug greek αετός aëtos. X 21 3 4 in. This eagle rug is made of decorative fabric and adorned with eagle over the city embroidery.

Free shipping in state on most orders totaling over 50 out of state addresses may have shipping surcharges on heavy and moderately oversized items. The eagle rugs can be made to order in any liturgical color. Depicted on this rug is a single headed eagle hovering over a city with the city is a symbol of the bishop s see. A double headed eagle is an ancient royal symbol and the coat of arms of the byzantine state.

Skip to the end of the images gallery. What s an eagle rug. The eagle symbolizes the dignity and divine origin of his episcopacy. X 0 1 2 in.

Blue bishop rug featuring double headed eagle. Eagle rugs the sewing workshop of st elisabeth convent offers lavishly embroidered orthodox eagle rugs made of high quality textiles such as brocade or velvet. Greek aetos whenever they are in church. The double headed eagle is the most recognizable symbol of orthodoxy today other than the cross and was the official state symbol of the late byzantine empire symbolising the unity between the byzantine orthodox church and state which was governed by the principle of symphonia or synallelia that is a symphony between the civil and the ecclesiastical functions of christian society.

This coat of arms is depicted on the royal thrones carpets and even shoes of the orthodox emperor. On the floor in front of the chapel is a mosaic figure of a crowned double headed eagle symbol of the byzantine empire and the greek orthodox church.