A Mantle is a piece of clothing, similar to a robe but open on the front side and often sleeveless. It is worn over the outer garments.
All other meanings of the word derive from this one.
Orthodox clerical garment
In the
Eastern Orthodox Church the mantle (
Russian: мантия, "mantiya") is a distinctive garment worn by
bishop,
hegumens,
archimandrites and other monastic clergy in various church ceremonies and services, such as
Vespers, but not when serving the
liturgy.
The mantiya is a sleeveless cape that fastens at the neck and the feet and is worn by all
Orthodox Christian monks of the
lesser schema. The mantiya is black when worn by a monk
a hegumen or an archimandrite may have embroidered crosses on the front
vestments, but when the
bishop formally enters the church before
Divine Liturgy *" target="_blank" >or when a bishop is formally attending a service in which he is not serving [http://ocaphoto.oca.org/filetmp/2005/May/1002/Detail/DSC_0015.jpg. Instead of black, bishops use other colors: red for bishops; purple for
archbishops; blue for
metropolitans; and green for
patriarchs. The episcopal mantiya is characteristically decorated with red and white ribbons (called "streams", symbolizing the word going out into the entire world) and four rectangular embroidered appliqués, two at the neck and two at the feet (called "tablets", symbolizing the
Gospel which must be the focus of a bishop's teachings).
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