“She
speaks in the various cultures of the different continents, …amid the polyphony
of the various voices she raises a single harmonious song to the living God” - Pope Benedict XVI
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2012 Consistory of Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, after receiving a
Red Biretta
from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
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Yes, we are familiar with Biretta – a red square
cap with three ridges on top. It is a headwear use by Latin Church Cardinals within the Catholic Church. [Amaranth in
color for Bishops, Black for Priest, Deacons, and Seminarians]. But what about the
two other headwear?
Oriental Headwear: The
Eastern Rite Catholic
Mudi Thoppi – head covering in a shape reminiscent of an onion dome.
Eskimo – (veil/hood) embellished with 13 crosses signifying Christ and his twelve apostles whose mission is to spread the Gospel message throughout the world.
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His Beatitude Isaac Cardinal Cleemis Thottunkal
head of
India's Syro-
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| Eskimo (veil/hood) with 13 crosses |
Tabieh – round quilted turban-like used by Maronite Catholic clergy.
Escime - (veil/hood)
plain hood without embroidery, (usually use by Maronite Catholic monk)
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His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara
Boutros al-Rahi (Lebanon),
Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch with a dignified Red
Tabieh and Escime.
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| Escime - (veil/hood) |
Shash - a traditional Chaldean Catholic Church headdress
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His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Emmanuel
III Delly
Patriarch Emeritus of the Chaldeans, Baghdad,
Iraq.
Wearing Red Shash during the 2008
consistory of cardinal.
The Chaldean Catholic Church is one of
the most
persecuted in the Middle East.
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| Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI with Cardinal Mar Emmanuel III Delly Patriarch Emeritus of the Chaldeans, Baghdad, Iraq. |
Kamilavkion - is a stiff cylindrical head covering
Kalansowa – hood/veil embroidered with cross.
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His Beatitude, Ignace Joseph
III Younan Patriarch of Antioch and
all the East of the Syrians for the Syriac
Catholic Church.
Meeting with Pope Francis
while wearing the traditional
Syrian Kamilavkion with Kalansowa
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| His Beatitude, Ignace Joseph III Younan wearing only the Kalansowa embroidered with one cross. |
Klobuk - It is composed of a kamilavka (stiffened black headcovering, round and flat on the top) with an epanokamelavkion (veil) which completely covers the kamilavka and hangs down over the shoulders and back. (from Wikipedia.org)
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His Beatitude, Gregorios
III, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and
All the East, of Alexandria and of
Jerusalem wearing Klobuk
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Two eastern bishops wearing Klobuk
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Qob –
Ethiopian Biretta
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Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. -
Archbishop of the
Ethiopian Catholic Church, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (Africa)
wearing an amaranth color Qob |
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| Red Qob - Ethiopian Beritta for Cardinal |
Birettra -
a combination between elements of the Roman biretta and the Syro-Malabar mitre.
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His Beatitude Cardinal
George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of
Ernakulam-Angamalay
of the Syro Malabar
Catholic Church (India)
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Photo Credit goes
to:
1 http://www.cp24.com/world/pope-elevates-6-new-cardinals-1.1052155((AP
Photo/Andrew Medichini))
3-4 http://conggiao.info/news/809/12021/duc-thanh-cha-chu-su-cong-nghi-tan-phong-6-hong-y-moi.aspx
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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