Mitra - high hemispherical headdress clergy in many Christian churches. Canons of the Orthodox Church prescribe wearing miter bishops, priests and archimandrites who received the right to wear this hat as a reward. Often Orthodox miter decorated with small icons with the image of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist and Saints, the upper part of the dress was crowned the image of the Trinity or seraphim. The top of the episcopal miter decorated with a cross. In the Catholic Church the miter is the liturgical vestments attribute the higher clergy: bishops, archbishops, metropolitans, cardinals and the pope himself.
Mithra
Mitra - high hemispherical headdress clergy in many Christian churches. Canons of the Orthodox Church prescribe wearing miter bishops, priests and archimandrites who received the right to wear this hat as a reward. Often Orthodox miter decorated with small icons with the image of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist and Saints, the upper part of the ...