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adapted for priests and bishops, worn around the neck with two ends of equal length hanging down in front of the clergyman's body (more or less to the ankle) and with the two adjacent sides sewn or buttoned together up the center, leaving enough space through which to place the head. In practice,
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is made to be worn only this way, tailored to lie flat around the neck, and is never actually unfastened. The portion hanging down in front is sometimes even a solid piece of fabric. It is usually made of
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is the only required vestment whenever a priest is conducting an Orthodox service; without it, he is unable to perform the service.
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whenever serving as a priest (as opposed to simply attending a service). For some services,
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as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western
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in casual English-language usage) is the liturgical
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Index


Greek
Slavic
stole
vestment
priests
bishops
Orthodox Church
Eastern Catholic Churches
stole
orarion
brocade
embroidered
appliquéd
crosses

Archimandrite
vespers
matins
Divine Liturgy
sticharion
zone
phelonion
epimanikia
Eucharist
bishop
sakkos
omophorion
Syriac Orthodox
Armenian Orthodox

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