RELIGIOUS FLAGS

	BUDDHIST TIBETAN FLAG Buddhist Tibetan flag was designed by Mr J.R. de Silva and Colonel Henry S. Olcott to mark the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon in 1880. It was accepted as the International Buddhist Flag by the 1952 World Buddhist Congress.
	CHRISTIAN FLAG Christian flag is one of the oldest unchanged flags in the world. It was conceived at Brighton Chapel in Coney Island, Brooklyn New York, September 26, 1897
	EPISCOPAL FLAG Eiscopal flags. Epicopal flag, in the undercroft of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City in the Diocese of Long Island in a show case is what is claimed to be the original Episcopal Flag, It was designed by a member of the Cathedral William M. Baldwin who was a diocesan delegate to General Convention.
	ISRAEL FLAG Israel flags, Israel flag was adopted by the first Zionist Congress in Basle in 1897, had become accepted by Jewish communities throughout the world as the emblem of Zionism and it was thus natural to use it at the official proclamation of statehood.
	PAPAL/VATICAN FLAG Papal Vatican flag. This is the flag of the Pope and the Vatican City, and been used for over 80 years. It features a yellow and white field, with the Papal Coat of Arms on the white field.
	PRESBYTERIAN FLAGS Presbyterian flags trace their history to the sixteenth century and the Protestant Reformation. Presbyterian heritage, and much of what they believe, began with the French lawyer John Calvin (1509-1564)
	UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST United Church of Christ flag created in 1957, it is known for bringing together ecclesiastical bodies rooted in English Puritanism, American frontier revivalism, and German religious history.
	UNITED METHODIST FLAGS United Methodist Church flag was adapted on April 23, 1968, at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas.