Musing of an Orthodox Brit.: Reading Bar Saliba's 'Against the Melchites.' :
His discussion on the sign of the cross is fascinating. As many may know, the Oriental Orthodox traditionally make the sign of the cross from left to right, as is also the practice of Rome, rather than right to left.
Bar Salibi, a 12th Century Assyrian writer, discourses with a young Assyrian who…