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The sticharion (also stikharion or stichar; Greek: st???????; Slavonic: ???????) is a liturgical
Divine Liturgy

The Divine Liturgy is the common term for the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine church tradition of Christian liturgy. As such, it is used in the Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholic Churches....
 vestment
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....
 of the Eastern Orthodox
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....
 and Eastern Catholic Churches, roughly analogous in function to the alb
Alb

The alb, one of the liturgy vestments of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and many Protestant churches, is an ample garment of white linen coming down to the ankles and usually girded with a cincture....
 of the Western Church. It is a long, narrow robe
Robe

A robe is a loose-fitting outer clothing. A robe is distinguished from a cape or cloak by the fact that it usually has sleeves. The English language word robe is loanword from French language....
 with loose sleeves, fastened at the neck, and often open down the sides but held shut with buttons. Thus in form, it is close to the dalmatic
Dalmatic

The dalmatic is a long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and United Methodist Churches, sometimes worn by a deacon at the service of worship or Mass and, although infrequently, by bishops as an undergarment above the alb....
 and tunicle
Tunicle

The tunicle is a liturgy vestment associated with Roman Catholic Church Latin Rite subdeacons, adopted also by Anglo-Catholics and High Church Anglicans....
 of the Western Church.






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The sticharion (also stikharion or stichar; Greek: st???????; Slavonic: ???????) is a liturgical
Divine Liturgy

The Divine Liturgy is the common term for the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine church tradition of Christian liturgy. As such, it is used in the Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholic Churches....
 vestment
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....
 of the Eastern Orthodox
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....
 and Eastern Catholic Churches, roughly analogous in function to the alb
Alb

The alb, one of the liturgy vestments of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and many Protestant churches, is an ample garment of white linen coming down to the ankles and usually girded with a cincture....
 of the Western Church. It is a long, narrow robe
Robe

A robe is a loose-fitting outer clothing. A robe is distinguished from a cape or cloak by the fact that it usually has sleeves. The English language word robe is loanword from French language....
 with loose sleeves, fastened at the neck, and often open down the sides but held shut with buttons. Thus in form, it is close to the dalmatic
Dalmatic

The dalmatic is a long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and United Methodist Churches, sometimes worn by a deacon at the service of worship or Mass and, although infrequently, by bishops as an undergarment above the alb....
 and tunicle
Tunicle

The tunicle is a liturgy vestment associated with Roman Catholic Church Latin Rite subdeacons, adopted also by Anglo-Catholics and High Church Anglicans....
 of the Western Church. There is usually a cross
Christian cross

The Christian cross is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity. It is a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ....
 embroidered
Embroidery

File:Kazakh rug chain stitch embroidery.jpgEmbroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating Textile or other materials with sewing needle and yarn....
 or appliqué
Applique

In its broadest sense, an applique or appliqu? is a smaller ornament or device applied to another surface. In the context of ceramics, for example, an appliqu? is a separate piece of clay added to the primary work, generally for the purpose of decoration....
d to the center of the back, between the shoulder blades.

The sticharion is often made from brocade
Brocade

File:Russian brocade.jpgBrocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle fabrics, often made in colored silks and with or without gold and silver threads....
 and worn as an outer vestment by 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....
s, readers, subdeacon
Subdeacon

Subdeacon is a title used in various branches of Christianity....
s, and deacons. It is also worn as the undermost vestment by 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 and priest
Priest

A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities....
s; in this case, it is often made from a simpler fabric, usually white. In the Russian tradition, a bishop's stikharion can be more elaborately embellished than a priest's and is sometimes called a podsakkosnik/???????????? (i.e., "under-sakkos
Sakkos

The Sakkos is a vestment worn by Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic Church bishops instead of the priest's phelonion. The garment is a tunic with wide sleeves, and a distinctive pattern of trim....
").

Coptic
Coptic Christianity

||-The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for the largest Christianity church in Egypt. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodoxy family of churches, which has been a distinct church body since the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, when it took a different position over Christology theology from that of the E...
 priests usually wear a plain, white sticharion, often without an over vestment. Chaldean
Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church or the Chaldean Church of Babylon is an Eastern Catholic Churches Particular_church#Autonomous_particular_Churches_or_Rites of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church....
 and Assyrian
Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
 priests where a similar alb
Alb

The alb, one of the liturgy vestments of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and many Protestant churches, is an ample garment of white linen coming down to the ankles and usually girded with a cincture....
-like garment, called a kottinâ. The Syriac
Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church is an autocephaly Oriental Orthodox church based in the Middle East, with members spread throughout the world. It schism with Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism over the Council of Chalcedon, which the Syriac Orthodox Church rejects....
 kuttino is now almost always white also. The Armenian patmucan and Ethiopian
Tewahedo Church

Tewahedo Church may refer to any of the following:* The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church* The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church...
 qamis are similar to the sticharion.