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Mitri Raheb (Arabic: متري الراهب) is a Palestinian Christian, the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem (a member church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, or ELCJHL), and the founder and president of the Diyar Consortium, a group of Lutheran-based, ecumenically-oriented institutions serving the Bethlehem area.
The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; see spelling differences; both pronounced / ˈ m aɪ t ər / MY-tər; Greek: μίτρα, romanized: mítra, lit. 'headband' or 'turban') is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.
Mitre worn by an Eastern bishop with icons of Christ, the Theotokos (Mary, Mother of God) and Forerunner (John the Baptist) [citation needed] As well as traditional diocesan bishops, many churches have a well-developed structure of church leadership that involves a number of layers of authority and responsibility. [citation needed] Archbishop
In the Catholic Church, the use of the mitre above the shield on the personal arms of clergy was suppressed in 1969, [46] and is now found only on some corporate arms, like those of dioceses. Previously, the mitre was often included under the hat, [47] and even in the arms of a cardinal, the mitre was not entirely displaced. [48]
An archimandrite wearing his full habit, holding his pastoral staff, and minimally vested in an epitrachelion and epimanikia.His mitre stands on the table to his right.. The title archimandrite (/ ˌ ɑːr k ɪ ˈ m æ n d r aɪ t /; Greek: ἀρχιμανδρίτης, romanized: archimandritēs), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot (hegumenos, Greek ...
Mitre and double cross of an archbishop. Crozier at the right. Blue shield for Saint Mary. Pallium. Red rose of Lancashire. Anchor of the port of Liverpool. Yellow and red tassels of the archbishop's mitre. [9] Hexham and Newcastle, Blazon not available. Motto: Worship Witness Service [10] Lancaster, Blazon not available. [11] Leeds, Blazon not ...
According to the legend, [2] Mitre, a field worker living in Aix-en-Provence with Arvendus, was charged with witchcraft for making a miracle come true. He was beheaded. He then picked up his head and took it to a church in Aix, Église Notre-Dame de la Seds. On 23 October 1383, his relics were moved to the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur in Aix-en ...
Mandell Creighton (/ ˈ m æ n d əl ˈ k r aɪ t ən /; 5 July 1843 – 14 January 1901) was a British historian, Anglican priest and bishop.The son of a successful carpenter in north-west England, Creighton studied at the University of Oxford, focusing his scholarship on the Renaissance Papacy, and then became a don in 1866.