Sticharion
The sticharion (also stikharion or stichar ; Greek: στιχάριον, Slavic: стихарь) is a liturgical garment of Orthodox and Uniate Eastern Churches. It corresponds to the western church alb .
Appearance and use
The Sticharion is a long, narrow gown with loose sleeves, each with an Akmam , which is attached to the neck. Most of the time, the sticharion is not sewn on the sides, but is only closed with buttons. In this form it resembles the dalmatic of the western church. Usually a cross is embroidered on the back in the middle between the shoulders or attached as an applique .
If the sticharion is worn as an upper garment, it is often made of brocade fabric and richly decorated. This is the case with editors , sub-deacons and deacons . If, on the other hand, priests or bishops wear it as an undergarment, it is usually made of simpler fabrics and kept in white.
According to the precepts of the Sacred Liturgy , the clergyman says the following prayer while putting on:
- “My soul rejoices in the Lord. For he put on me the robe of salvation, and he clothed me with the robe of joy; like a bridegroom he put the crown on me, and like a bride he surrounded me with jewelry. "
The Sticharion in the various rites
In the Russian rite bishops wear a more elaborately decorated stikharion than the priests, which is called podsakkosnik / подсаккосник , "under- jackets ". Coptic priests usually wear a simple white sticharion, often without an overgarment. Chaldean and Assyrian priests wear a similar album- like garment called kottinâ . The Syriac Orthodox kuttino is also kept in plain white. The Armenian patmucan and the Ethiopian Qamis resemble both the Sticharion.
Individual evidence
- ^ Orthodox parish “St. Symeon Stylites “: The Divine Liturgy according to John Chrisostom and Basilius the Great ; P. 6; www.orthodoxinfo.de (PDF file)