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A four-pointed cross with rectangular ends, in a mount with five finials and a handle. The finials are cast in openwork and set with coral beads. The rays are teardrop-shaped settings with coloured glass. The frame is divided into four sections and engraved with double scrolls and the names of saints. On both the front and the back, the frame is set with 24 round and oval bezels with turquoise and coloured glass. The handle is twisted, with balls at each end, and its surface is engraved with a band of hatching. The front of the cross depicts the Crucifixion with attendant figures against a background of grapevines. On the side arms are St Basil the Great and St Gregory the Theologian, at the top St Nicholas, and at the bottom St John Chrysostom and Archdeacon Stephen. The back of the cross shows the Pechersk Mother of God with Saints Anthony and Theodosius; on the side arms are the venerable saints of the Lavra, Basil and Theodore, at the bottom Agapetus and Mark of the Caves, and at the top the figure of the Prophet Samuel holding a scroll.