Ecclesiastical decoration

An ecclesiastical decoration is an order or a decoration conferred by a head of a church. == Catholic ecclesiastical decorations == === Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See === === Other Catholic distinctions === === Local ecclesiastical distinctions === Jerusalem Pilgrim's Cross, established in 1901, conferred in the name of the Sovereign Pontiff at the office of the Custody of the Holy Land of the Order of Friars Minor in Jerusalem, Israel Cross of Honour of the Abbot of Lilienfeld, founded in 1980, of the Abbot of Lilienfeld, Austria Order of Saint Nicholas, a regional lay order founded in 1991 by Bishop Ignatius Ghattas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton Medal, Great Cross, and Golden Order of the Maronite General Council of the Maronite Church Order Cross of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Ordem Cruz de São Tomé Apóstolo) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe == Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical decorations == Several autocephalous churches of the Eastern Orthodox communion award ecclesiastical decorations.

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