Крестное знамение и сакральное пространство: почему православные крестятся справа налево, а католики - слева направо?

Why do the Orthodox cross themselves from right to left and Catholics vice versa? Boris Uspenskii (b. 1937), a philologist and historian of culture, studies both the traditions and the religious beliefs that stand behind them. The author pays special attention to the history of finger combinations in crossing and its importance in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church. Comments.