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codine
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Does anyone know the answer to this question?
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benedictgal
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It depends on what you are asking.
The alb is the white, full-length garment that the priest puts on first. Next he puts on the cincture, which is a rope-like belt. Then comes the stole, the garment that he wears around his neck and drapes his shoulders. It symbolizes the office of his priesthood. If he is a deacon, it is draped eithe ron the right shoulder or on the left (this depends on whether or not he is a permanent deacon or a transitional deacon–on his way to becoming a priest). If he is a priest or a bishop, he will then put on the chasuble. This outer garment varies on color depending on the liturgical season of the Church or the feast. It comes in white, gold, green, purple, red or rose. If he is a deacon (permanent or transitional) he will wear the dalmatic, an outer garment that matches the chasuble in color. The big difference is that the dalmatic has dolman sleeves.
If the celebrant is a bishop, he will wear the mitre, a cone-like headdress (for lack of a proper word). If he is an archbishop, he will wear a special garment around his neck called the palium that symbolizes his office as head of a Metropolitan See.
I hope this helps. Given the fact that your question was very general, I wasn’t sure what you meant.
The alb is the white, full-length garment that the priest puts on first. Next he puts on the cincture, which is a rope-like belt. Then comes the stole, the garment that he wears around his neck and drapes his shoulders. It symbolizes the office of his priesthood. If he is a deacon, it is draped eithe ron the right shoulder or on the left (this depends on whether or not he is a permanent deacon or a transitional deacon–on his way to becoming a priest). If he is a priest or a bishop, he will then put on the chasuble. This outer garment varies on color depending on the liturgical season of the Church or the feast. It comes in white, gold, green, purple, red or rose. If he is a deacon (permanent or transitional) he will wear the dalmatic, an outer garment that matches the chasuble in color. The big difference is that the dalmatic has dolman sleeves.
If the celebrant is a bishop, he will wear the mitre, a cone-like headdress (for lack of a proper word). If he is an archbishop, he will wear a special garment around his neck called the palium that symbolizes his office as head of a Metropolitan See.
I hope this helps. Given the fact that your question was very general, I wasn’t sure what you meant.
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Deacon_Ed
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There is no difference between a transitional and permanent deacon. The ordination is the same, there is only one order of deacon. The stole is worn the same way by both – hanging over the left shoulder and attached at the right hip.
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benedictgal
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Thank you for the correction. While I know that therer is one order of deacon, I was confused as to whether or not the transtional deacon wore his stole opposite the way a permanent deacon would. For some reason, I thought that one wore it hanging over the right and the other one wore it hanging over the left.
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japhy
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Find attached a PDF describing the various vestments worn by the priest and deacon at Mass.
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Aramis
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Byzantine Vestments (Used by Byzantine Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox):
Dalmatic or Sticharion or Stikhar: Robe. May be colored or white. Worn by all who serve at the altar. Priest’s are narrower of sleeve, and less ornate; some jurisdictions use white for priests sticharions almost exclusively.
Orarion: Stole. Strip of cloth worn by deacons and subdeacons. Subdeacons crossed over the back, rarely, it is worn hanging straight down from the left shoulder [1]; it is narrower and less decorated than the deacon’s. Deacons normally wear the Orarion from the right hip up and over the left shoulder, and hanging down front and back from the left shoulder; it bears crosses and the words “Holy, Holy, Holy” in most uses.
Epimanikia, Cuffs: Cuffs worn by Deacons (under the Sticharion), priests and bishops (both over the cuffs of the sticharion). Decorated to match the vestment set.
Zone: Belt, matches the cuffs. Worn by priests and bishops.
Epitrachelion: Stole. Note that it hangs both ends down the front, sewn together, with an opening for the head.
Pectoral cross: worn by bishops and some priests, and in some jurisdictions, by all priests, and by some or all deacons. Hangs mid chest.
Phelonian: large overgarment with neck opening. In the front, it rises to midbelly; sides and back fall to mid-calf. Worn by priests.
Sakkos: very much like a deacon’s dalmatic, but of a single cut of cloth, worn by bishops over the sticharion.
Panagia/Engolpion: Icon of Mary worn by bishops; primates and some other bishops also wear an Icon of Christ. hangs next to the pectoral cross.
Crown: looks like a Russian style civil crown, including icons upon it. Worn by Bishops, Mitered Archpriests and Archimandrites.
Epigonaton: square stiffened board worn by bishops and some priests; hangs at right hip, thigh, or knee, depending upon specific use, by a strap over the left shoulder.
Omphorion: worn over the Sakkos by bishops (the epitrachelion is worn under it). Some are a long strip of cloth, with 5 crosses, worn wrapped and pinned so it goes around the neck, and hangs down front and back; some are sewn to look like a “Y” front and back, some are worn draped over both shoulders and hanging both ends loose in the front. (The Y form is almost uniquely Catholic, and the short form worn over the shoulders is common in Russian Orthodox use…)
I have also personally seen the hanging straight down use for subdeacons’ orarion
Other Refs:
byzantines.net/moreinfo/vestments.htm
orthodoxwiki.org/Vestments
churchtailor.com/Photographs.html (has pictures)
Dalmatic or Sticharion or Stikhar: Robe. May be colored or white. Worn by all who serve at the altar. Priest’s are narrower of sleeve, and less ornate; some jurisdictions use white for priests sticharions almost exclusively.
Orarion: Stole. Strip of cloth worn by deacons and subdeacons. Subdeacons crossed over the back, rarely, it is worn hanging straight down from the left shoulder [1]; it is narrower and less decorated than the deacon’s. Deacons normally wear the Orarion from the right hip up and over the left shoulder, and hanging down front and back from the left shoulder; it bears crosses and the words “Holy, Holy, Holy” in most uses.
Epimanikia, Cuffs: Cuffs worn by Deacons (under the Sticharion), priests and bishops (both over the cuffs of the sticharion). Decorated to match the vestment set.
Zone: Belt, matches the cuffs. Worn by priests and bishops.
Epitrachelion: Stole. Note that it hangs both ends down the front, sewn together, with an opening for the head.
Pectoral cross: worn by bishops and some priests, and in some jurisdictions, by all priests, and by some or all deacons. Hangs mid chest.
Phelonian: large overgarment with neck opening. In the front, it rises to midbelly; sides and back fall to mid-calf. Worn by priests.
Sakkos: very much like a deacon’s dalmatic, but of a single cut of cloth, worn by bishops over the sticharion.
Panagia/Engolpion: Icon of Mary worn by bishops; primates and some other bishops also wear an Icon of Christ. hangs next to the pectoral cross.
Crown: looks like a Russian style civil crown, including icons upon it. Worn by Bishops, Mitered Archpriests and Archimandrites.
Epigonaton: square stiffened board worn by bishops and some priests; hangs at right hip, thigh, or knee, depending upon specific use, by a strap over the left shoulder.
Omphorion: worn over the Sakkos by bishops (the epitrachelion is worn under it). Some are a long strip of cloth, with 5 crosses, worn wrapped and pinned so it goes around the neck, and hangs down front and back; some are sewn to look like a “Y” front and back, some are worn draped over both shoulders and hanging both ends loose in the front. (The Y form is almost uniquely Catholic, and the short form worn over the shoulders is common in Russian Orthodox use…)
Other rites have other vestments as well…
[1] lasvegasorthodox.com/library/Orthodox_Practices/Orthodox_Vestments.htmI have also personally seen the hanging straight down use for subdeacons’ orarion
Other Refs:
byzantines.net/moreinfo/vestments.htm
orthodoxwiki.org/Vestments
churchtailor.com/Photographs.html (has pictures)
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FrDavid96
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codine,
What is the question?
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Deacon_Ed
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Actually the sticharion is more equivalent to the alb than to the dalmatic. The closest equivalent to a dalmatic in the east is the bishop’s sakkos.
Deacon Ed
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Aramis
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None the less, the term Dalmatic (and Dalmatikon) is one of several correct terms for the deaconal, and especially, the minor orders’, and servers’ Sticharion.
orthodoxwiki.org/Sticharion
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Cavaille-Coll
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Whatever it was, I’m sure we have answered it.
There are a couple of Latin Rite vestments not yet mentioned:
Amice - a square or rectangular white linen cloth that wraps around the neck and ties in the front. It is worn under the alb to conceal the Roman collar and keep sweat from discoloring the alb. Some albs have an integral collar that achieves this purpose, but whether an amice is used or an alb collar, the black Roman collar should not be visible on a fully-vested priest or deacon.
Maniple - a strip of cloth worn on the left arm of a priest or deacon. It is usually decorated and of the same color as the other vestments of the day. It’s use is optional in the Ordinary Form of the Mass (Novus Ordo) but required in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (Tridentine).
Biretta - another optional garment. It is the traditional headwear of the priest at Mass or at choir. It is normally square-shaped and black with three or four ridges and sometimes a pom. Birettas worn by bishops are Roman purple (magenta) and scarlet (red-orange) for cardinals. Note the spelling: a biretta is worn on the head while a Beretta might be found concealed under the vestments.
Zucchetto - the skullcap worn under the miter by bishops and abbots. Bishops: Roman purple, cardinals: scarlet, abbots: black, popes: white.
Saturno - a hat worn by clergy and seminarians almost exclusively in Rome, so-called because with its hemispherical dome and wide brim, it somewhat resembles the planet Saturn.
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