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So I was reading the astoundingly looney “Jesus-is-Savior” website the other day, and apart from the incredibly funny and sad show of ignorance about Catholicism and Orthodoxy, I was curious as to what this bishop’s (patriarch’s?) crosier symbolizes with the two dragons on top. Wikipedia says it refers to Mose’s bronze serpents, and indicates the healing of spiritual diseases. But it gives no citation for this explanation, and I was just wondering, is this accurate?

And I’m curious about the birds on his “hat” as well 😛

Here’s the website I got the picture from (warning, if you visit it, it’s at your own peril - you may need to brace yourself for the absurdity): jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Russian_Orthodox/ro-idolatry.htm
 
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So I was reading the astoundingly looney “Jesus-is-Savior” website the other day, and apart from the incredibly funny and sad show of ignorance about Catholicism and Orthodoxy, I was curious as to what this bishop’s (patriarch’s?) crosier symbolizes with the two dragons on top. Wikipedia says it refers to Mose’s bronze serpents, and indicates the healing of spiritual diseases. But it gives no citation for this explanation, and I was just wondering, is this accurate?

And I’m curious about the birds on his “hat” as well 😛

Here’s the website I got the picture from (warning, if you visit it, it’s at your own peril - you may need to brace yourself for the absurdity): jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Russian_Orthodox/ro-idolatry.htm
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I thought that the dragon was supposed to be a symbol of the devil. For example, aren’t there many icons of St. Michael the Archangel slaying a dragon, which is supposed to represent a devil?
 
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So I was reading the astoundingly looney “Jesus-is-Savior” website the other day, and apart from the incredibly funny and sad show of ignorance about Catholicism and Orthodoxy, I was curious as to what this bishop’s (patriarch’s?) crosier symbolizes with the two dragons on top. Wikipedia says it refers to Mose’s bronze serpents, and indicates the healing of spiritual diseases. But it gives no citation for this explanation, and I was just wondering, is this accurate?

And I’m curious about the birds on his “hat” as well 😛

Here’s the website I got the picture from (warning, if you visit it, it’s at your own peril - you may need to brace yourself for the absurdity): jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Russian_Orthodox/ro-idolatry.htm
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They are serpents (on the staff/crosier or paterissa in Greek), in reference to the bronze serpent of Numbers 21:8-9 and John 3:14. The bird is not a phoenix, but a double-headed eagle, which was a symbol used in the late days of the Eastern Roman Empire (dating perhaps to the beginning of the second millennium). The presence of imperial symbols (such as the Sakkos, the mitre, and and the double-headed eagle) among the vestments probably came about from these elements of imperial dress first being awarded to the Ecumenical Patriarch, then to other high-ranking Metropolitans, and after the fall of the empire, spreading to all bishops.
 
That website is nutz. I followed the link and found out that they are Independent Fundamentalist Baptists. Besides finding out that Orthodox and Catholics ‘worship’ icons if you don’t read a King James bible you are not reading a bible at all.

These people obviously have a very limited mindset and are not interested in anything or anyone else. 😦
 
Eastern Roman Empire (dating perhaps to the beginning of the second millennium).

The presence of imperial symbols (such as the Sakkos, the mitre, and and the double-headed eagle) among the vestments probably came about from these elements of imperial dress first being awarded to the

Ecumenical Patriarch, then to other high-ranking Metropolitans, and after the fall of the empire, spreading to all bishops.
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