in was the normal custom for Middle Eastern women to cover their heads, like nuns. also men
prayer beads are used all thru out Asia
again, your problem is you believe Christianity is a European thing, such as created by the Protestant English, Germans, Swiss, etc , with blue-eyed blonde haired Jesus
Jesus was an Arab; a Semite; a Lebo; Aramaic; a real Jew (rather than a European Jew)
Christianity derived obviously from the East; from Hinduism & Buddhism
