Mantle
A Mantle is a piece of clothing, similar to a
robe but open on the front side and often sleeveless. It is worn over the outer garments.
All other meanings of the word derive from this one.
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Mantle is a piece of clothing, similar to a
robe but open on the front side and often sleeveless. It is worn over the outer garments.
All other meanings of the word derive from this one.
Orthodox clerical garment
In the
Eastern Orthodox Church the mantle is a distinctive garment worn by
bishop, hegumens, archimandrites and other monastic clergy in various church ceremonies and services, such as
Vespers, but not when serving the liturgy.
The mantiya is a sleeveless cape that fastens at the neck and the feet and is worn by all
Orthodox Christian monks of the lesser schema. The mantiya is black when worn by a monk; a hegumen or an archimandrite may have
embroidered crosses on the front. There is also an episcopal mantiya which is not worn with the other episcopal vestments, but when the
bishop formally enters the church before Divine Liturgy or when a bishop is formally attending a service in which he is not serving. Instead of black, bishops use other colors: red for bishops; purple for
archbishops; blue for metropolitans; and green for
patriarchs. The episcopal mantiya is characteristically decorated with red and white ribbons and four rectangular embroidered appliqués, two at the neck and two at the feet .
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