Illuminated Christian Crosses Christian Candle Holder gifts from Ealain Draoi
Christian Crosses Illuminated Art
Votive Candle Holders take the glow of candle light and directs it through a translucent design. The beauty and mystery of the flickering candle is still visable and causes the picture to glow. The rest of the candle holder is opaque with an unusual pearlized iridescent or a metalic finish that really looks like that metal.
Christian Maltese Cross
Christian Maltese Cross Candleholder
The Maltese Cross or cross of Promise, is related to the Sovereign Ex-territorial State St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, and Malta Supreme Military Hospital Order. The eight points of the maltese cross symbolize the eight qualities of a knight: loyalty, piety, generosity, courage, honor and glory, contempt of death, helpfulness, and reverence for the Church. The Maltese cross is also found on the seal of the Order of Knight Templars. The order was inaugurated by eight knights in 1118, who in the presence of the patriarch of Jerusalem vowed, among other things, to defend pilgrims travelling to the Holy City.
This cross form is used on the Maltese merchant marine flag. It is also the form used for the most important order medals in many countries.
It has also come to symbolize fire departments all over the country, in seals and badges, as fireman also exhibt the qualities of the knights of old. Cross in burngundy on an antique gold background.