Anybody notice anything strange?
This is supposed to be an Episcopal pastor.
Katya
Something strange
According to the story and other photos that I found the person with them is Fr. Tom Brindley, the pastor of St. Columba's Episcopal (not "Episcopalian") Church in California where the Prince and the Duchess of Cornwall went to church yesterday morning. It would probably be more correct for the article to have said that he was the "rector" of the church, that is, the head priest (if there is more then one) or the priest who leads a parish. Reporters don't always get terms right.
I gather that it is the cross that the priest is wearing that is counted as "odd". It might have been a gift. It might be one that he likes. There could be various reasons for Fr. Brindley to be wearing it.
Ebor
Ebor:
I meant no disrespect to Fr. Brindley......
With all the rhetoric that one usually finds among the Prostentant I just found it odd that a) he would wear a Russian cross and b) that it s/b so ornate, don't protestants ususaly go for less ornate crosses? I believe that particular type shows Christ on the cross...I maybe wrong but that's what caught my eye......
Katya
Katya -
I didn't think that you meant any disrespect to Fr. Brindley. 
Not knowing all the details of something is not disrespect. I'm sorry if my post came across as though I thought you did.
I don't know what rhetoric you have seen from "Protestants" but that classification/label is sometimes applied with an, ahem, broad brush maybe. Perhaps you haven't read any from my Church (at least anything good. The stories that tend to show up in the papers are often not so accurate or sensational. that's what sells news, I guess. 
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Anglicans/Episcopalians do not hold with only one style or method of religious art/dress/and so forth. Perhaps you have not been in any Episcopal Churches or only have seen some that are more plain. We have no rules that I know of about only certain types of crosses are allowed. Also, what another photo shows is that Fr. Brindley is in a cassock of some sort, but he's taken off any other vestments that he would have worn for the service, which was a Eucharist according to the article.
I hope that helps, and I beg pardon for any misunderstanding.
Ebor
Well, if it had been an EO church that they were visiting and the papers said it was Episcopal, that surely wouldn't look like the reporters knew what they were talking about. 
There is variety in the Anglican Communion in vestments and architecture and the like as it is made up of many national Churches and "Provinces" with a "first amoung equals of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Here is the official site:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/
and a list of the provinces:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/index.cfm
and a picture of the Primates i.e. heads of the provinces:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/images ... 3group.jpg
Under the umbrella word of "protestantism" there are not "jurisdictions" like in EO i.e Russian, Serbian, Greek, Antiochian etc. There are different Church bodies: the Anglican, the Presbyterian, the Methodist and so forth. Being clear as to whom and what is involved helps. It would seem that the confusion over the picture was due to lack of information is all.
I hope that this helps clear up any confusion, Katya.
With respect,
Ebor
What is even more strange is the Prince and his fair Lady went to out Tenderloin District neighborhood, which is a drug,prostitute,infected are..and he had lunch with homeless people,and ex drug addicts and then he went to a lady who invited him to her studio apartment,and he went and had a drink there...that is very strange, not even our Prsident has ever done that................