Athanasius Mar Elias carries two crosses, one in his right hand, a second in his left hand, and a third dangling from his neck. As a metropolitan and a bishop of the Oriental West Syriac Malankara Jacobite Church, he represents an ancient Christian tradition. Dr. Athanasius condemns the Latin Catholics of the Roman western tradition, as ignoramus es who do not even know to mame the sign of the cross. Such a statement from the leader of a Jacobite faction sounds unchristian and superrciliously pharisaic. A classic example of a self-styled 'Dr. and a religious head fomenting division and illl-feeling among fellow Christians. It is not surprising that wise Constantines of the state are forced to use their authority to make peace between those who claim to be the vicars of Christ and cross swords instead of working towards harmony and peace. Dr. Athanasius may have an entirely new version of the cross, perhaps either of the cross on which the thieves were also crucified.