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I wonder if some one can translate the text around the cross. The jewelery have also a stamp, what does the stamp stands for?

have a good day

 

Could you post some closeups of the text please? It does seem to be Church Slavic but I can't distinguish well what it says.

 

Here some closeups

 

It has a Russian silver mark on the back, but not an old one. Best I can do - I can make out a few city names, but that's as far as my written Russian gets.

 

So far I figured out the two words on the top: Velichaem chestneishy - We are glorifying the honest...
Then it goes complicated. Church Slavic is not really Russian, so it's quite difficult to read even to me as a native Russian speaker.
I agree, the mark looks newish.

 

Ok, I checked it once again and did my best.
"We glorify the most honest celebrated by cherubs and seraphims uncomparable unperishable god-bearing the essential Mother of God."
That's roughly the translation, the small details may vary.

 

Think an older meaning of 'honest' is needed:



adjective
adjective: honest

Origin

Middle English (originally in the sense ‘held in or deserving of honor’): via Old French from Latin honestus, from honos (see honor).

In the list of possible synonyms was 'virtuous', which would also make sense.

 

IOW it's essentially a Mary medal. Or was made to hold one anyway.

 

The date of production is 1998, indicated by :8
The name of the factory - I don't find, but i suspect it is was/ is based in St Petersburg.

 

thank you so much! I'm very grateful.
Can some one tell me if its only silver? Cause it's in color gold. Maybe it's
gold-plated silver? Does anyone know?

 

It looks gilded, but I don't know which technique was used. There seems to be rubbing, but no flaking of the gold, so it doesn't look plated to me, but wdik.
@Hollyblue may be able to tell you more.

 

Too hard to tell and the sloppy photo editing doesn't help.

 

Is there a ring on the top, like a pedant?
Maybe April can confirm, but I think the icon frame can translate to
Theotokos.