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

The Rt Rev’d Moira Astin was officially welcomed as Bishop of Crediton in a historic and joy-filled ceremony that celebrated ...

Church clergymen need to keep their 'episcopal bling' because they will look 'underdressed' without it in multicultural Britain, bishop tells synod debate UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...

This parchment was used to make a bishop’s mitre. The image is owned by and published with permission from the Arnamagnæan Collection in Copenhagen, AM 666 b 4to, 3v-4r.

NOW WEARS THE MITRE; Mgr. Farley. Consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of New-York. GRAND CEREMONY IN THE CATHEDRAL Archbishop Corrigan Anoints the New Prelate -- Diguitaries from Many Parts of the ...

David Williamson hands his son, Bishop Jeremiah David Williamson, a pastoral staff during his ordination and consecration ceremony as the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany at the ...

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 Critics claim tall mitres, usually worn at formal services, are “silly” and outdated.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 ...

Melissa Bishop, 31, is a business analyst with the Mitre Corp. John Scherfel, 33, is the director of development and communications for Travelers Aid International. They live in Old Town ...

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 ...

Bishops can choose whether they want to wear a mitre or not, the Church of England’s general assembly has been told. The pointed hats, which returned to fashion in the 19th century when ...

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 ...