Croatia Uncertain Croatian? Religious Decoration

[paul wood]

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2013/post-3085-0-01532900-1372175971.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2013/post-3085-0-44682900-1372176116.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2013/post-3085-0-13109700-1372176150.jpgI have been asked by a friend about this, I think it is Croatian as the symbolism appears to be Roman Catholic rather than Orthodox, any help gratefully received.

Paul

[Trooper_D]

Paul

I think that these are a souvenir of a pilgrimage to the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem. Have a look at the coat of arms on this Wikipedia page (top right).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Jerusalem

Edited to add: this link is the clincher, I think (but turn your volume down!) http://www.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/

Edited June 25, 2013 by Trooper_D

[paul wood]

Brilliant thank you so much.

Paul

[Trooper_D]

Pleasure!

[makedon]

A nice example of an old Order of the Orthodox crusaders of Jerusalem or Holy Sepulcture, as it is often described.

here is another nice example.

[Valter]

One more hint - whenever you see a cyrilic letters on any religious item, it is NOT Croat.

[paul wood]

I can see that was a major B***s up, Serbia possibly but not Croatia but in the end it turned out to be Greek Orthodox.

Paul

[Rogi]

I can see that was a major B***s up, Serbia possibly but not Croatia but in the end it turned out to be Greek Orthodox.

Paul

Serbia and Greece both have Orthodox style crosses so its very close

All the area's religious crosses and symbols all have similar looks to them so it can get very confusing