concept
Epitrachelion
epitrachelion
also: stole
An Orthodox priest's liturgical stole worn around the neck; Yegor Semyonych embroiders one by hand meaning to donate it to a church, an early sign of his turn toward monastic devotion.
Reading notes
- During Holy Week §13 the stole
The epitrachelion (yepitrakhil), the priest's liturgical stole, is placed over the penitent's bowed head during the reading of the prayer of absolution -- the ritual gesture that marks the formal completion of the sacrament of confession, repeated at section 21 for Fedya himself.
- The Dowry §24 an epitrachelion
An Orthodox priest's liturgical stole, embroidered here by Yegor Semyonych as a devotional gift intended for a church, part of his growing turn toward religious life.