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Materials:
brass, silver, diamonds, amaranth wood.
By order.
Most of the items of churchware that have been available in church for centuries have long
become familiar for many generations of believers. And it would seem that the Church has
found a certain constancy in them.
However, the twenty-first century has opened up new opportunities for previously unfeasible
processes. Today, the Holy Fire, which descends at noon on Great Saturday in the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is delivered by special flights in vessels with special
spiritual power to the churches of the Orthodox land for the evening service.
The lamp has an ascetic form, like the basilicas of early Christian churches, and is made of
precious metals. The air in the vessel circulates in such a way that its construction is
practically unheated, which allowed artists to use valuable wood species. The front door of
the lamp shows a sanctuary in which a fire comes – the Edicule. The remaining transparent
walls are decorated with silver engravings, the symbols of Christian shrines.
When they were created (the joint creation by God and man), ancient techniques and the
latest achievements of jewelry art were used.
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