Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Gr. Ch., a priest's stole, as distinguished from the orarion, or deacon's stole.
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- noun The liturgical
vestment worn bypriests andbishops of theOrthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Westernstole .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The bishop wears over his cassock the sticharion our alb; it is often of silk and coloured; then the epitrachelion, a stole of which the two ends are sewn together and hang straight down in front, with a loop through which the head is passed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The sticharion and epitrachelion are held together by the zone (girdle),
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The priest wears the sticharion, epitrachelion, zone, and epimanikia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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I was vested in riassa, epitrachelion, and phelonian (in other words: long black robe, decorative stole and sort of a liturgical cape); I'm saying the words: "By the sprinkling of this Holy Water, may every evil action and demon be put to flight …" and the choir and parishioners are chanting the Theophany hymn.
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(over his cassock) the epitrachelion and phainolion.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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