Chalice, paten and spoon of anthony the roman, jasper, decorated with gold and precious stones. This chalice has a cup, handle and tray of green jasper; its entire surface is strewn with faceted emeralds, azure and cerulean yachonts in nests with gold leaves, embedded in the jasper, like the jasper cup, with the same carving in the moscow armoury. On both sides of the cup, on gold cloaks, are enamel images of the holy trinity and a four-part cross with a spear, a cane and the following monograms: ic. Xp. Nk. Fp. Fp. Tk. Pr. , and along the crown of the cup are outlined in gold the words of jesus christ: "drink from it, all of you. " both faceted stones and gold carving, as well as cloaks with enamel, were subsequently placed on this chalice, which has been in russia for more than seven centuries. According to the cathedral inventory of 1627, the price of this chalice was set at 451 rubles, 6 altyns and 4 dengi. It includes a spoon made of agate with a silver stem, a diskos of green jasper in a gold frame, similar to a saucer with a muse image of the eternal child under a star on a diskos between four four-pointed crosses. On two arcs, or bows, of the golden star are carved the words of the victory song to the triune god, raised at the liturgy, etc. , singing, crying out, calling out and saying: "holy, holy, holy. " similar greek and slavic inscriptions are usually found on chalices, which mean not only such a cup, but even other vessels from which the communicants of the last supper drank the most pure blood. On ancient icons, jesus christ is depicted giving communion to the apostles from a narrow-necked vessel similar to alabaster. In contrast to ordinary dishes, a chalice is called holy, royal, saving, etc. Such chalices were made according to the form accepted by the church and from a certain substance, especially from crystal or wood, as well as from precious metals, gold and silver. An ancient crystal chalice is kept in the sacristy of the assumption cathedral, and the wooden vessels of the venerables sergius and nikon in the sacristy of the trinity-sergius lavra. The semi-precious stones agate and jasper were used in the christian church for service vessels, to which belong those described by us, known under the name of antony's. The records of the novgorod antoniev monastery indicate that "its vessels were jasper, carnelian and crystal. " all three of these vessels are still kept in the sacristy of the moscow assumption cathedral. They received their name from st. Anthony the roman, the abbot of one of the first monasteries in novgorod. According to the story in the prologue, having placed these precious utensils in a barrel, he launched it into the sea, from where it floated to the volkhov; there, fishermen pulled it out with a net near the place where the antoniev monastery is now. And anthony himself miraculously floated on a stone, which is embedded in the wall of the monastery cathedral porch. During the reign of mstislav vladimirovich monomakh, the roman emigrant antony settled in novgorod, where he founded a monastery in 1106. Veliky novgorod revered these vessels as a national relic, but tsar ivan vasilyevich, having brought him to his full will, took them to moscow and dedicated them to the house of the most holy theotokos along with other novgorod relics. At first, antony's vessels were kept in the patriarchal sacristy, and now they adorn the sacristy of the assumption cathedral. They were used during the most solemn services. Thus, during the coronation of feodor alekseevich in 1676, patriarch joachim, having placed the most pure blood of christ from antony's large chalice into a crystal one, gave the sovereign a taste. At the council against the schismatics in 1682 in the faceted chamber, chaired by princess sophia, the same patriarch presented them with the anthony vessels as proof of the antiquity of the four-part cross depicted on them. Date: 1846—1853.
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