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*[[Orlets]]/eagle-rug: a small rug showing a single-headed eagle soaring over a city, on which the bishop stands during services.
*[[Crozier]]/Pateritsa/Zhezl: the staff; may be tau-style (T-shaped), with the crossbeam bent and surmounted by a cross, or serpent-style, showing two intertwined serpents, also surmounted by a cross.
==Western Rite=
Vestments as used in the Western Rite Orthodox Tradition:
===Non-Liturgical===
[[Biretta]] - Roman form of cylindrical headcovering, has three 'wings' for ease of donning and doffing. Pom-pom on top.
[[Cap]] - English form of headcovering, often called Catercap (short for Canterbury cap), close to the ancient pileus. Formed of four joined sections of material, generally square in shape, but soft and foldable.
[[Cassock]] - a long sleeved garment worn beneath vestments and/or over street clothes by men, both clergy and laity. The two most common styles are Roman/Latin with buttons up the front, and the Sarum or English which is double breasted.
[[Hood]] - worn by those who have taken a degree as part of choir dress (for public prayers of the Hours) in English use.
[[Tabard]] - a waistcoat without sides or sleeves, worn as part of the monastic habit.
[[Tippet]] - a long scarf worn at choir office over hood and surplice. Those worn by a priest will be black and generally very wide. A special form worn by Readers will be thin and of a blue material.
[[Surplice]] - loose over-garment of white linen, gathered at the neck, with wide sleeves. Roman style will generally be shorter, often hemmed with wide bands of lace. Anglican or Old English style is without lace, much longer with very wide (pointed or rounded) sleeves.
===Liturgical===
[[Alb]] - linen overgarment, worn with a cincture (belt) over the cassock and beneath liturgical vestments or as outer garment for a server.
[[Amice]] - square of linen with ties, originally worn on the head as a hood, now worn thrown back over the alb purportedly to protect vestments from sweat and oil.
[[Apparels]] - pieces of brocade worn on the amice and alb in English or Medieval style as decorations.
[[Chasuble]] - the Eucharistic vestment, worn only by the celebrating priest (and at certain services in Lent, folded up at the shoulders, by Deacon and Subdeacon). Original form is the Conical, being a half-circle of cloth joined in the front. Later types were cut away at the sides and called Gothic. In the Renaissance, form was abbreviated extremely and stiffened, particularly for use in hot climes. The Gothic revival style is based upon the look of the Gothic (cutaway conical) when worn.
[[Cincture]] - a belt, most commonly of rope, anciently of silk and decorated with jewels.
[[Cope]] - a half-circle of cloth with a functional or non-functional hood, highly decorated. Clasped at the neck with a chain or rectangle of cloth called a 'morse'. Worn in processions, and by non-celebrating clergy during liturgy. Essentially identical in form to the Syriac 'phayno'.
[[Crosier]] and Crook - pastoral staff in the form of a shepherd's crook, bears a cross. Normally used by bishops and abbots.
[[Dalmatic]] - a wide sleeved tunic, slit up the sides. the normal eucharistic garment of the Deacon. Decorated with two stripes connected by two horizontal bands.
[[Maniple]] - a small thin band of cloth worn on the left wrist by clergy (subdeacon, deacon, priest, and bishop) at liturgy. Its purpose was originally to wipe the chalice with.
[[Mitre]]- pointed cap with two peaks: front and back. Classified by three levels of decoration and costliness. Worn by bishops and abbots. English or Medieval style very short, Roman style much taller.
[[Orphrey]] - the gilded and embroidered bands of decoration on Western vestments.
[[Rochet]] - long linen garment, more fitting than a surplice, similar to alb but worn un-belted. Is generally gathered close around the neck and wrists.
[[Stole]] - a narrow band of cloth worn about the neck hanging down. The method of wear denotes the office: straight down for bishop, crossed at the breast for priest, crossed at the side for deacon.
[[Tunicle]] - a wide sleeved tunic, slit up the sides, generally smaller in scale than the Dalmatic. Decorated with two stripes - normally worn by Subdeacons at liturgy, can be worn by other crucifer, thurifer, and clerk.
==See also==
