Deacon's Vestments

Deacon's vestment

Deacon's vestment, which our online store Pokrove offers you, includes:

1. Sticharion,
2. Orarion,
3. Epimanikia.

Vestment (of deacon, protodeacon, and subdeacon) are sewed from elite Greek brocade. Orarion may be decorated with rich embroidery and voluminous crosses. A smooth dyed crepe-satin serves as a lining. Deacon's vestment, which you can buy in our orthodox workshop, is sewed by experienced craftswomen to order, taking into account your individual measurements and preferences on the pattern of fabric and embroidery pattern.

Sticharion

This is a basic element of a deacon's vestment. In the vestment of the clergy in the ranks of priest and bishop sycophore also present, but already in the form of a podriznik and podsakkonnik - lower vestment, on top of which the other vestments are put on. The veil is the oldest element of the clergy vestments - this simple garment was worn by the Savior, the Apostles, and the clergy of the Old Testament. The chaplet is a symbol of salvation and purity of soul, so it was previously made primarily of light-colored fabric (in ancient times - only white linen). Solemn appearance of liturgical vestments and light color reminds the minister that he must strive for purity in his affairs, thoughts and service to the Lord. You can buy a full set of deacon's flock as well as an altar boy's flock in a separate section.

Orarion

Orarion is a symbol of angelic wings, it is a wide color strip of fabric with embroidered crosses, which is put on the left shoulder on top of the sticharion.

It carries an important spiritual meaning, and is the main component of a deacon's garment, with which he signals the beginning of every church action - singing, prayer, and sacred action. During the service of the Liturgy, the deacon crosses his arms around his chest and back, symbolically "folding his wings" in anticipation of receiving the Body and Blood of Christ. Normally, after five years of diligent service to the Lord, a deacon receives the right to wear a double ornament, adorned with seven crosses. The orarion for the protodeacon and archdeacon is also modified - it has nine crosses, and it usually has a rich embroidery with the words "Holy, holy, holy" on it, and it is called the "protodeacon's orarion."

Epimanikia

Ecclesiastical vestments of Orthodox clergy, including the deacon's, includes necessarily such element, as handrails. These are short sleeves with stitched or embroidered crosses, which tighten the sleeves and give the hands of the clergy greater freedom of action. In liturgical practice, the armbands indicate that it is not the priest who administers the sacraments, but the Lord himself, through his hands. It is not without reason that the Russian name of this part of the vestments comes from the word "entrust," "trust," because during the divine service the priest entrusts himself to God and trusts not in his own strength, but in the strength of Christ. The vestments are fastened not with buttons and fibulae, but with strong ropes, signifying the bonds with which the executioners bound Christ during His torture.

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