Epanokamelavkion

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Epanokamelavkion

An epanokamelavkion (also epanokameloukion or epanokalimafko) is an item of clerical clothing

Clerical clothing

Clerical clothing is non-Liturgy clothing worn exclusively by clergy. It is distinct from vestments in that it is not reserved specifically for services....
worn by Orthodox Christian

Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the Four Marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago....
monastics who are rassophor

Monk

A Monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, the unconditioning of mind and body in favor of the realization of one's true nature, and does so living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose....
or above, including bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
s. It is a cloth veil

Veil

A veil is an article of clothing, worn almost exclusively by women, that is intended to cover some part of the head or face. As a religious item, it is intended to show honor to an object or space....
, usually black, which is worn with a kamilavkion.

The epanokamelavkion is attached to the front of the kamilavkion and extends over the top to hang down the back, with lappet

Lappet

A lappet is a decorative flap or fold in a ceremonial headdress or garment. They were a feature of women's headgear until the early 20th century....
s hanging down on each side.

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An epanokamelavkion (also epanokameloukion or epanokalimafko) is an item of clerical clothing

Clerical clothing

Clerical clothing is non-Liturgy clothing worn exclusively by clergy. It is distinct from vestments in that it is not reserved specifically for services....
worn by Orthodox Christian

Eastern Orthodox Church

Monk

Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
s. It is a cloth veil

Veil

Lappet

A lappet is a decorative flap or fold in a ceremonial headdress or garment. They were a feature of women's headgear until the early 20th century....
s hanging down on each side. In some traditions, monk

Monk

Nun

A Nun is a woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life. She may be an monasticism who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent....
s bring them together and fasten them behind the apostolnik

Apostolnik

An apostolnik or epimandylion is an item of clerical clothing worn by Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches nuns. A cloth veil which completely covers the head , neck, and shoulders similar to the hijab worn by muslim women, it is usually black, but sometimes white ....
.

In the Russian tradition

Russian Orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church ; or The Moscow Patriarchate , also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia, is a body of Christianity who constitute an Autocephaly Eastern Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow, in full communion with the other Eastern Orthodox Churches....
, the kamilavkion covered by its epanokamelavkion is collectively referred to as a klobuk

Klobuk

A klobuk is an item of clerical clothing worn by Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches Monk#Eastern Orthodox monkss and bishops, especially in the Russian tradition....
.

Hierodeacon

Hierodeacon

A Hierodeacon , sometimes translated "deacon-monk", in Eastern Orthodox Church is a monk who has been ordination a Deacon#Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism....
s (i.e., monastic deacons) will remove the epanokamelavkion when they are vested

Vestment

Vestments are liturgy garments and articles associated primarily with the Christianity religions, especially the Latin Rite and other Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutheran Churches....
and serving at liturgical services; if they are not serving, however, they will wear it whenever attending services. Monks who have been ordained to minor orders

Minor orders

The minor orders are the lowest ranks in the Clergy#Christian clergy. The most recognized minor orders are porter , Reader , exorcist, Cantor and acolyte....
(subdeacon

Subdeacon

Subdeacon is a title used in various branches of Christianity....
, reader, altar server

Altar server

An altar server or Acolyte is a laity assistant to a member of the clergy during a religious service. Acolytes attend to supporting tasks at the altar such as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell, etc....
) do not wear the kamilavka when vested. Hieromonk

Hieromonk

Hieromonk A hieromonk can be either a monk who has been ordination to the priesthood, or a priest who has received monastic tonsure.Ordination to the priesthood is the exception rather than the rule for Christian monasticism, but is still more common than a priest entering monastic life, as only married men or monks are ordained priests....
s (monastic priests) always wear the epanokamelavkion whenever they wear the kamilavkion.

In the Russian tradition, the epanokamelavkion of an archbishop

Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
has a jewelled cross stiched to the front of it near the crown of the kamilavkion. A metropolitan

Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis ; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital....
wears a white epanokamelavkion with the same jewelled cross. The Patriarch of Moscow's epanokamelavkion is often richly embroidered with seraphim or other symbols on the lappets and is attached to a conical kamilavkion called a koukoulion

Koukoulion

The Koukoulion is a traditional headress worn by monks of the highest degree in the Eastern Orthodox Church.From the 17th century, following the reforms of Patriarch Nikon, the upper vesture worn by monks of the Great Schema was in the form of a pointed hood with two long Lappets which cover the back and breast....
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The Patriarch of Romania wears a white epanokamelavkion.

On Mount Athos

Mount Athos

Mount Athos is a mountain on the peninsula of the same name in Macedonia , of northern Greece, called in Greek language Agion Oros , or in English, "Holy Mountain"....
, particular practices may vary from monastery

Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
to monastery, but generally speaking—in the Greek monasteries, at least—the epanokamelavkion is not attached to the kamilavkion, but is merely laid over it. The reason for this is that the Athonite typicons call for the it to be removed from the kamilavkion and laid over the shoulders at certain moments during the services.

Epanokamelavkion

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