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Icons

Eleusa (Tenderness)

The Child presses his cheek to his Mother's — the warmest of the types, including the Vladimir, Don and Feodorov icons.

Vestments

Epigonation (palitsa)

A diamond-shaped cloth at the hip: always worn by bishops, awarded to senior priests.

Vestments

Epimanikia (cuffs)

Cuffs that bind the sleeves at the wrist, worn by every rank of clergy.

Church utensils

Epitaphios

A large cloth depicting Christ laid in the tomb, brought out to the centre of the church on Great Friday.

Sacraments

Epitimia (penance)

A spiritual exercise given after confession — a prayer rule, prostrations, abstinence, sometimes a temporary abstaining from communion. It is medicine, not punishment.

Vestments

Epitrachelion

A long stole around the neck — the chief sign of priesthood; no service is served without it.

Ranks of sanctity

Equal-to-the-Apostles

A saint who brought a whole people to Christ — the apostles' work done centuries after the apostles.