Maronite Minor-Orders

[shlomo3amrooh]

I am making the assumption the the minor orders in the maronite church are the same as the Syriac church.

Mzamronoo (Pslamist)
Quroyo (reader)
Afudyaqno (Sub-deacon)
Mshamshoonooo (deacon)

Question is: what vestments to they wear? anyone have pictures?

 

[malphono]

That assumption is correct.

Sorry, no pictures, but …

A Cantor wears a simple alb (or a tunic).
In addition to the alb),
a Lector wears a stole over the right shoulder.
a Subdeacon wears a stole crossed, similar to the way Byzantine deacons do.

A Deacon also wears a stole over the left shoulder (in some places, the diaconal stole is, unfortunately, worn in the Latin fashion). Traditionally, along with the stole over the left shoulder, a deacon also wears a zone (belt) to bind it, as well as cuffs. Also, traditionally, a deacon’s “alb” is a real tunic, similar to what is worn by Byzantine deacons.

 

[souryoyo]

What is the clerical dress and the choir dress of the Maronites? I know that the cleric (at some order) is to wear a cassock, jibee, and tobiah. However, what about the skull cap with the pom? Also what kind of cassock did Maronites used to wear? I’m assuming no collar and fewer buttons?

 

[malphono]

What is the clerical dress and the choir dress of the Maronites? I know that the cleric (at some order) is to wear a cassock, jibee, and tobiah. However, what about the skull cap with the pom?

The cassock & jibbee are standard for seminarians and those in Minor Orders as well. The tobbiyye is worn only by priests and bishops. I’ve never seen or even heard of a deacon using one.

The phiro (the zuchetto-like cap with the pom), is properly worn only by monks and, by extension, bishops (although most bishops don’t bother with it). I’ve heard of at least one celibate secular priest in Lebanon using it, but that’s an affectation and not proper usage.

Also what kind of cassock did Maronites used to wear? I’m assuming no collar and fewer buttons?

The button thing is a latinization, although in the Patriarchal Territories the cut is slightly different. (At least it was slightly different – I’m not sure what style cassock, if any, is worn these days in Lebanon. Most secular clergy there seem to favor those infernal American-style tongue-depressor shirts, but never mind that.) Those who study in Rome invariably use the Roman style. So do the bishops that I’ve seen recently. In North America I’ve seen a variety of styles worn, including the wrap-around semi-jebi (though not by bishops). Originally, however, the cassock was more like what is worn by the Melkites and SOC. And of course monks still wear, officially at least, the habit with the eskeme (and the phiro).