Note 15 — Part Two The Fabric of the Cathedral

ΙϹ and ΧϹ are the Greek letters iota sigma and chi sigma, (uncial form,) being the first and last letters in each case of the Greek words for Jesus Christ. The letters ΝΙΚΑ are read together and spell the Greek word which means “conquers.” Mrs. Jenner, in her “Christian Symbolism,” says that this inscription “is stamped upon every altar-bread of the Orthodox Eastern Church, and it occurs on every eikon of our Lord.”