Dec 5, 2023 · The epitrachelion (Greek, “around the neck”) is the stole worn by priests and bishops. This Orthodox liturgical vestment is worn around the neck with the two adjacent sides sewn or buttoned together. The ends extend all the way to the priest’s ankles.

Jul 23, 2013 · The gold and jeweled pectoral crosses are given as awards to clergy; the highest award that can be given to a priest is a second pectoral cross (i.e., the priest may wear two pectoral crosses). In Greek practice, the pectoral cross is awarded only when a priest is elevated to the rank of Oikonomos , and there is no distinction made between ...

May 1, 2017 · In this video, viewers will see a deacon, priest, and bishop vest for a Divine Liturgy. Each vestment will be seen, its significance and history briefly discussed, and the prayers the clergy recite when placing the garment on will be shown.

The Liturgical vestments come from the days of the first priests in the Old Testament. The purpose of vestments were "for glory and for beauty" (Ex 28:2 & 40), to enable the leaders for "ministering in the holy place" (Ex 35:19, 39:1, 41), "that …

Priests wear their white baptismal robe over which they have their pastoral stole, cuffs and belt. They also wear a large garment called a phelonion which covers their entire body in the back and goes below their waist in front.

May 1, 2017 · In this video, viewers will see a deacon, priest, and bishop vest for a Divine Liturgy. Each vestment will be seen, its significance and history briefly disc...

Before this Orthodox bishops wore priest vestments with the Omophor over them. After the Turkish armies took the city of Constantinople in 1453, the Patriarch became the civil head of the Greek-speaking population as well as remaining head of the Church.

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Before the fourth century, Greek and Romans priests were clothed in the typical street dress of the laity. As fashions changed, they began wearing distinctive vestments during the liturgies to set themselves apart from the laity’s ordinary dress and be seen as servants of God.