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2. Khorugv - Wikipedia

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   Red banner embroidered with an icon of a saint (Church of St. Gabriel, Nazareth).. Khorugv (Russian: хоругвь, Bulgarian: хоругва, Church Slavonic: хорѫгꙑ, Ukrainian: хоругва, Polish: chorągiew, Romanian: prapur, Finnish: kirkkolippu, sometimes translated as gonfalon) [1] is a religious banner used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.

3. Banner - Wikipedia

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   Banner-making is an ancient craft. Church banners commonly portray the saint to whom the church is dedicated. The word derives from Old French baniere (modern French: bannière), from Late Latin bandum, which was borrowed from a Germanic source (compare Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰, romanized: bandwa).

4. History of Christian flags - Wikipedia

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   Many Christian denominations have their own denominational flag and display it alongside the ecumenical Christian Flag or independent from it. [5]Catholic Churches in communion with the Holy See often display the Vatican flag along with their respective national flag, typically on opposite sides of the sanctuary, near the front door, or hoisted on flagstaffs outside.

5. Gonfalone of the Church - Wikipedia

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   Such banners were also present in the Crusades and at the battle of Lepanto. [1] Custody of the Vexillum of the Holy Roman Church was entrusted to a high-ranking figure, who assumed the title of Gonfaloniere or Vessillifero di Santa Romana Chiesa (Gonfalonier of the Holy Roman Church). It was the highest role the pope could grant to a layman ...

6. Labarum - Wikipedia

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   The term "labarum" can be generally applied to any ecclesiastical banner, such as those carried in religious processions. "The Holy Lavaro" were a set of early national Greek flags, blessed by the Greek Orthodox Church. Under these banners the Greeks united throughout the Greek Revolution (1821), a war of liberation waged against the Ottoman ...

7. Christian Flag - Wikipedia

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   The Christian Flag is an ecumenical flag designed in the late 19th century to represent much of Christianity and Christendom. [1] Since its adoption by the United States Federal Council of Churches in 1942, it has had varied usage by congregations of many Christian traditions, [2] [1] including Anglican, [3] [4] Baptist, [5] Congregationalist, [6] [7] Lutheran, [8] Mennonite, [9] Methodist, [2 ...