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==== Coat of Arms ==== | ==== Coat of Arms ==== | ||
The monastery itself possesses a coat of arms with a shield showing the cross with an olive branch and a pastoral staff. A mitre is depicted above the shield and a bishop's staff behind the shield. Although abbots do not enjoy the episcopal ordination, they still have a special right regarding these [[wikipedia:Pontifical_vestments|pontificals]]. | The monastery itself possesses a coat of arms with a shield showing the cross with an olive branch (symbolizes the Holy Land) and a pastoral staff (symbol for the Prophet Moses). A mitre is depicted above the shield and a bishop's staff behind the shield. Although abbots do not enjoy the episcopal ordination, they still have a special right regarding these [[wikipedia:Pontifical_vestments|pontificals]]. | ||
Characteristically for | Characteristically for abbot primates, the Abbot Primate of the Monastery of Mount Nebo has a black-colored galero with the appropriate twenty tassels. Behind the shield, a bishop's staff is visible, whereby a combination of several symbols can be recognized on the shield: the Jerusalem cross as a sign of local affiliation, a patriarchal cross with the PAX as a widespread symbol of the Benedictine Order and the letters A and M decorated with jewel and steel standing for the famous ''[[wikipedia:Hail_Mary|Ave Maria]]'' prayer. | ||
==== Gallery ==== | ==== Gallery ==== | ||