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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 579779, member: 5833&quot;]Until that blasted Jivvy got on the case.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Both Basil of Ryazan &amp; Mitrofan of Voronezh were bishops of their respective locations, so both entitled to be shown wearing a bishop&#039;s cope.&nbsp; But looks like, from his iconography, part of Basil&#039;s story must be his humility or simple life, or maybe only because Basil lived 400 years earlier than Mitrofan, but he is not shown in the flashier vestments of later times.&nbsp; Mitrofan looks more like the plaque in that way, &amp; also has the Calvary symbol to ID him, but can&#039;t find an image of M holding a Bible or picture of the Madonna &amp; Child (unlike Mitrofan of Beijing); he is always holding his staff.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have already posted this one to Pinterest; will emend to include the possibility of Mitrofan.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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