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Head covering for Christian women

Practice of female head covering in ChristianityAn Eastern Orthodox Christian woman wearing a headcovering at church. Behind her is an icon of the early Christian virgin martyr Saint Tatiana of Rome, who is depicted with her head covered.Women who belong to the Hutterite Church, an Anabaptist Christian denomination, wear their headcovering (usually in the form of an opaque hanging veil) throughout the day.