Christian symbolization varies in interpretation for spiritual meaning. These are common dictionary for many Chrismon symbolization.
The earliest Monogram of Christ is the Labarum, also known as Constantine's Cross, the Chrismon, the Christogram and the Chi-Rho. The Roman emperor, Constantine I, used the Labarum symbol on his shield. After his conversion to Christianity, the labarum was used a symbol of Christianity. In pre-Christian Greece it signified a good omen. It also represented the Chaldean sky god.
Today, Chrismons are emblems and symbols interpreted in Christian tradition, within Christian theology, or folk-religion and used to by Christians to teach about Christianity. Many of these emblems, figures or ideas were adopted from other cultures and merged into Christian culture. Chrismon symbols can be pictoral figures, metaphorical emblems or literary allusions, geometric shapes, or colors with specific meaning in the context of Christian art or worship.
You can find more for these Christian Symbols in the Color Me section of Paper Chrismons for Children.
Chrismon ornaments are primarily used around Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter and religious ceremonies and events to decorate trees and windows, etc., and are generally constructed out of various materials: paper, cloth, beads with ribbon or string. Chrismons are traditionally a combination of the colors gold and white.
Circle Chrismon
A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center. A round body; a sphere; an orb. Circles generally represent the world, eternal life, eternity, and a divine person. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth. --Is. xi. 22.
Circles, Three:
Given the above definition of a circle, three circles represent three divine persons, or trinity, also called triunity: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one God.
Corner Stone Chrismon
A stone at the corner of a building uniting two intersecting walls; a quoin. Such a stone, often inscribed, laid at a ceremony marking the origin of a building.
