02-11-2008, 03:12 PM
Shlama Bianca,
Welcome to the forum.
This is one of the most holy symbols of the Church of the East. ??
While the Cross is obvious on the front page, the other Symbol is actually two Aramaic letters (yudh ?? and heh ??) put together to create the Name of God: "Ya" or "Yah", the Aramaic form of "YHWH" or "Yahweh", basically meaning "Lord Yah". You will see it written also as "Maryah" or "MarYah" and sometimes with a hyphen in the forum when transliterated.
Shlama,
Ya'aqub
Welcome to the forum.
This is one of the most holy symbols of the Church of the East. ??
While the Cross is obvious on the front page, the other Symbol is actually two Aramaic letters (yudh ?? and heh ??) put together to create the Name of God: "Ya" or "Yah", the Aramaic form of "YHWH" or "Yahweh", basically meaning "Lord Yah". You will see it written also as "Maryah" or "MarYah" and sometimes with a hyphen in the forum when transliterated.
Shlama,
Ya'aqub