Three horizontal bars instead of one, a smaller bar near the top and a diagonal bar near the base, is what separates the Orthodox (or Russian) cross from the single-bar Latin form of Western Christianity.
A Storied Heritage
Archaeological evidence places wearable religious objects in virtually every major ancient civilization: Egyptian scarabs and protective amulets, Mesopotamian cylinder seals worn as pendants, Greek and Roman devotional figurines, pre-Columbian jade and gold ritual objects. The practice of wearing belief on the body is among the oldest documented functions of personal jewelry, predating most other categories of wearable adornment by millennia.
Heritage & History
More than 70 years in business means Ross-Simons has sourced from the same manufacturers and global connections long enough to understand how they work: their tolerances, their finishing standards, their material. These kinds of long-standing relationships produce a measurable difference in our vast assortment that newer brands just can't match.