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== External Links ==Worn as an outer vestment by [[deacon]]s and [[subdeacon]]s, it is usually more decorated and may reflect the colour of the day. It is open down the sides but held shut with baubles or buttons.
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:''This should not be confused with the [[image:altarboy.jpg|right|thumb|A young man wearing a sticharion while servingsticheron]]The .'''sticharion''' is a liturgical vestment that is a long, narrow robe with loose sleeves, fastened at the neck, and often open down the sides but held shut with buttons. There is usually a cross embroidered or appliquéd to the center of the back, between the shoulder blades.
[[image:altarboy.jpg|right|thumb|A young man wearing a sticharion while serving]]The '''sticharion ''' is often made from brocade a liturgical vestment, long and worn as an outer vestment by [[acolyte]]snarrow, [[subdeacon]]swith loose sleeves, and [[deacon]]sfastened at the neck. It is also worn Worn as the undermost vestment by [[bishop]]s and [[priest]]s; in this case, it is usually made from a simpler, usually simple white, or gold fabric.
Some jurisdictions still call the sticharion which the deacon wears a [[dalmatikon]] in accordance with the terminology the universal Church used at the time of its introduction in the fourth century.
Worn as the outer garment by [[acolyte]]s it usually has a cross embroidered or appliquéd to the centre of the back, between the shoulder blades.
During the Order of Preparation, the Priest takes his sticharion, blesses the cross on the back and says, "Blessed is our God, now and always and forever and ever. Amen. I will greatly rejoice in the [[Lord]], for He has clothed me in the garment of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels (''Isaiah 61:10''); now and always and forever and ever. Amen."
The Latin vestment equivalent to the sticharion is the alb. It too is a long white garment worn by the bishop or priest under the chasuble which itself is equivalent to the Eastern phelonion. The alb may be plain or decorated with embroidery or lacework, but in Latin usage is almost always white.
==External link==
*[http://www.oca.org/Images/About/Worship/Large/11.jpg A photograph of a priest wearing sticharion with epitrachelion]
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