Editing Crozier (section)

==== Oriental Orthodoxy ====
[[File:Crozier armenia.jpg|thumb|A crozier of the [[Vardapet]], [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], 19th century]]

In the [[Oriental Orthodox]] churches, croziers are used as pastoral staffs held by bishops. The [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] uses both Eastern- and Western-style croziers, while the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]],[[Indian Orthodox Church]] and [[Marthoma Syrian Church]] have croziers that are thicker than their Eastern counterparts. Clerics of the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] and the [[Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] use croziers that look exactly like the Greek ones.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

In the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]], croziers are sometimes somewhat longer and are always decorated with a blood-[[red]] cloth around the top cross and the serpents. This symbolizes the bishop's responsibility for the blood of his flock.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}