In total silence, Sister Elisaveta stitched the sacred headwear for which her monastery in North Macedonia is renowned ...

Bishops are being urged to ditch their “daft” pointed hats to try to make the Church more modern. Critics claim tall mitres, usually worn at formal services, are “silly” and outdated. Rev ...

BLACKBURN Cathedral has a proud new addition – an 18ft flag pole with a hand-carved bishop’s mitre on top. A crane put the £2,000 pole and finial piece in place on top of the Cathedral tower ...

The mitre did not exist before the 11th century and, in the Church of England, was rarely (if ever) used between the Reformation and the 19th century, despite its appearance in the frontispiece of ...