Meaning of clerical attire

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Why do some clergy collars have a single black (vertical) stripe in the center?
 
Hi brothergiles,

I’m not certain what it means - I’ve never actually seen such a thing - but I’m quite sure that I read here on CAF at one stage that it’s a means of distinguishing ordained clergy (wearing a plain white collar) from, for example, seminarians who may be permitted to wear clerical attire. I expect someone here will be able to give more accurate information than I, or perhaps prove me wrong altogether!
 
There are several different styles of collar and, despite what some here will claim, there is no difference.
 
A good number of years ago a friend and I visited the Episcopalian seminary at Nashotah House, and that’s the first time I saw the “black stripe” collar. I recall asking the very same question and the answer was quite simple: the “black stripe” is (was?) used by Episcopalian deacons to distinguish them from priests. Since then, I’ve seen a handful of “black stripes” and the wearers have always and exclusively been Episcopalian deacons, so I presume what I was told at Nashotah House was correct.
 
brothergiles said:
Why do some clergy collars have a single black (vertical) stripe in the center?
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I have met two orders that have stripes on their collars (unfortunately I forget their names). One is an order of brothers I met in Steubenville (I believe including the bishop’s MC), the other at a vocation fair in Eastern PA.

The second order, when adopting secular dress was told that they needed to distinguish themselves in some way from the secular clergy. However, they were a little lacking in creativity, so they draw a vertical line on their collar with black marker. (as told to me by Fr. ___, ???).
 
malphono said:
A good number of years ago a friend and I visited the Episcopalian seminary at Nashotah House, and that’s the first time I saw the “black stripe” collar. I recall asking the very same question and the answer was quite simple: the “black stripe” is (was?) used by Episcopalian deacons to distinguish them from priests. Since then, I’ve seen a handful of “black stripes” and the wearers have always and exclusively been Episcopalian deacons, so I presume what I was told at Nashotah House was correct.
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Maybe for that group at Nashotah House at that time, but Episcopal deacons wear collars of every style and sort. There is no set rule, beyond local uses.
 
In Orthodoxy, a useful distinction between vestments and clerical clothing is that vestments are required to be blessed before wearing them- clerical clothing is not, and is regarded as normal clothes.
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* Inner Cassock The inner cassock (more commonly, simply Cassock) is a floor length garment, usually black, worn by all clergy members, monastics, and seminarians.
* Outer Cassock Called a Ryasa (Russian: ряса) or Exorason, the outer cassock is a large, flowing garment worn over the inner cassock by bishops, priests, deacons, and monastics.
* Skufia A soft-sided cap worn by monastics or awarded to clergy as a mark of honor.
* Kamilavka A stiff hat worn by monastics or awarded to clergy as a mark of honor.
* Apostolnik A veil worn either by nuns, either alone or with a skufia.
* Epanokamelavkion A veil extending over the back, worn with the kamilavka by all monastics and bishops.
* Klobuk A kamilavka with an epanokamelavkion permanently attached; more common in the Russian tradition.
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