Patriarchal cross




Patriarhalny krest Patriarchal cross - a symbol of the Orthodox Church, also known as "Roman Catholic Cardinal cross or cross with two cross." The upper horizontal bar represents the titulus, or the board to write, established by order of Pontius Pilate. Under the title "arhiepiskopalny cross" it is fairly common on the arms of archbishop. Sometimes mistakenly referred to as his "Lorranskim cross", although lorranskom upper and lower horizontal bar placed at equal distances from the ends of the vertical cross.