Vestments
Apostolnik
The monastic veil covering head, neck and shoulders — the constant dress of a nun.
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Belt (zone)
The wide band the priest girds over the podriznik and epitrachelion — a sign of readiness.
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Crozier
The bishop's staff — a sign of pastoral authority, held by a subdeacon during services.
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Epigonation (palitsa)
A diamond-shaped cloth at the hip: always worn by bishops, awarded to senior priests.
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Epimanikia (cuffs)
Cuffs that bind the sleeves at the wrist, worn by every rank of clergy.
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Epitrachelion
A long stole around the neck — the chief sign of priesthood; no service is served without it.
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Kamilavka
A stiff brimless cylindrical hat: an award for priests, the base of the monastic klobuk.
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Klobuk
A kamilavka covered with a veil — the monastic headdress; white for a metropolitan.
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Liturgical colours
Vestment colour changes with the church year, telling you what day it is before the service begins.
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Mantle
A long sleeveless cloak: plain black for a monk, coloured and striped for a bishop.
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Nabedrennik
A rectangular cloth hung at the right hip — the first liturgical award given to a priest.
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Omophorion
The broad band on a bishop's shoulders — the chief sign of his rank, signifying the lost sheep carried home.
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Orlets (eagle rug)
A round rug showing an eagle above a city, spread beneath the bishop's feet.
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Panagia
A small icon of the Theotokos worn on a bishop's breast, paired with the pectoral cross.
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Pectoral cross
The cross worn on the breast by priests and bishops, offered to the faithful to kiss.
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Phelonion
The priest's outermost liturgical garment: a wide sleeveless mantle covering the whole body.
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Podriasnik (inner cassock)
A long ankle-length garment with narrow sleeves — the everyday dress of clergy and monastics.
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Podriznik
The priest's undermost vestment — a sticharion worn beneath the phelonion or sakkos.
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Riassa (outer cassock)
The wide outer garment with long flaring sleeves worn over the podriasnik.
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Sakkos
The bishop's outer vestment in place of the phelonion, its edges hung with small bells.
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Skufia
A soft pointed cap: black for everyday clerical wear, purple as an award to a priest.
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Sticharion
A long straight garment with wide sleeves: outermost for deacons and readers, undermost for priests.
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The garments worn for divine service. Deacon, priest and bishop each have their own set, so the vestments show at a glance who is serving.