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Banners of the Patriarchate
The New Covenant Assemblies of Yahweh (NCAY), when fully organised, is led by a Council of 12 male apostles and 144 female apostles (PWNC 990328B:16-17) who are Yahweh's special emissaries to all the world. This council of 156 apostles is collectively known as the Patriarchate whose banner, consisting of the horizontal tricolour of the Holy Order with the NCAY Mission Logo flanked by two Church lions on either side (designed by Lev-Tsiyon in March 2017), is shown below:
The Banner of the 156 Patriarchs and Matriarchs
This replaces the former banner (designed in June 1999 by Lev-Tsiyon) which contained the first variant of the Lion logo and the former Melchizedek Order logo between the two lions.
The Presiding Patri-Matriarchate is sub-divided into the Presiding Patriarchate, consisting of the three presiding patriarchs or apostles, and the Presiding Matriarchate, consisting of the three presiding matriarchs or apostles. The banner of the Patriarchate, consisting of the Holy Order's horizontal tricolour of black-white-blue with the Messianic Evangelical Lion (third variant) superimposed in the middle (designed by Lev-Tsiyon in June 1999 and revised in March 2017), is shown below:
The Banner of the Presiding Patri-Matriarchate
The banner of the Presiding Patriarch (designed by Lev-Tsiyon in 1995 and revised in 2017 with the third Lion logo variant) consists of the banner of the Patriarchate surrounded by a red border and a thin golden frame line in the middle, as shown below:
The Banner of the Presiding Patriarch
The banner of the Second Patriarch (designed by Lev-Tsiyon in 1995 and revised in 2017 with the third Lion logo variant) is the same as the banner of the Presiding Patriarch but without the golden frame line:
The Banner of the Second Patriarch
The banner of the Third Patriarch (designed by Lev-Tsiyon in 1995 and revised in 2017 with the third Lion logo variant) is the same as the banner of the Patriarchate but with a pair of parallel red lines lining the white stripe of the tricolour:
The Banner of the Third Patriarch
The banner of the Matriarchate (designed by Lev-Tsiyon in 1995 and revised in 2017 with the third Lion logo variant) consists if the Holy Order tricolour with a red triangle in the red hoiste and a golden lion:
The Banner of the Presiding Matriarchate
The banner of the Presiding Matriarch (redesigned by Lev-Tsiyon and Sithra on 2 July 1999, with the third Lion logo variant added in 2017) consists of the banner of the Matriarchate with a red border and gold frame line identical to the Presiding Patriarch's:
The Banner of the Presiding Matriarch
The banner of the Second Matriarch (redesigned by Lev-Tsiyon and Sithra on 2 July 1999, with the third Lion logo variant added in 2017) consists of the banner of the Presiding Matriarch but without the gold frame line:
The Banner of the Second Matriarch
The banner of the Third Matriarch (designed by Lev-Tsiyon and Sithra on 2 July 1999, with the third Lion logo variant added in 2017) consists of the banner of the Second Matriarch with the red frame line replaced by a vertical red bar on the hoist:
The Banner of the Third Matriarch
The banner of the Apostolate (designed by Lev-Tsiyon in June 1999 with the third Lion logo variant added in March 2017), representing the 12 Patriarch-Apostles (including the three members of the Presiding Patriarchate), consists of the horizontal tricolour of the Holy Order with a Messianic Evangelical Lion in the centre with a red shield in the upper canton containing the Lamb and Book Logo (which replaces for former Priesthood logo superimposed on the lion):
The Banner of the Apostolate
(12 Patriarch-Apostles)
Use of the Melchizedek Priesthood Logo (Star of David with Lamb) was discontinued in 2009 and will be replaced.
Each of the remaining 9 apostles has his own banner which is of the same pattern, viz. a horizontal Holy Order tricolour with a Messianic Evangelical lion in the centre, and a red Lamb shield in the upper hoist. Each apostle is distinguished by a letter of the Hebrew alphabet indicating his position in the Apostolic Council. The example below shows an apostle represented as the Hebrew letter Lamed:
The Banner of one of the Patriarch-Apostles
The banner of the 144 Matriarch-Apostles (completely designed by Lev-Tsiyon in March 2017), which includes the three members of the Presiding Matriarchate, consists horizontal Holy Order tricolour with a Messianic Evangelical lion in the centre, with a Mission shield superimposed on the tricolour in the upper hoist:
The Banner of the 144 Matriarch-Apostles
Each of the remaining 141 Matriarch-Apostles has her own banner (completely redesigned by Lev-Tsiyon in March 2017) which is of the same pattern as the banner of the 144 Matriarch-Apostles excepting each female apostle is distinguished by a letter of the Hebrew alphabet indicating her position in the Apostolic Council. The example below shows an apostle represented as the Hebrew letter Mem:
The Banner of one of the 141 Matriarch-Apostles
This page was created on 2 July 1999
Updated on 7 March 2017
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