“[O]r pastoral staff is usually curved at the top like a shepherd's crook. The bishop carries it to remind us that, like the Good Shepherd, he is the pastor and guardian of God's People. The hands of the server who carries it for him are covered with the vimpa” (Elliott, 143). The eastern style of cruzier is usually adorned with serpents and is based on the bronze serpents made by Moses in the book of Numbers.