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| | The sacred vestments |
 | | Among these are the skoufia, a soft, conical, violet-coloured hat; the epigonation (nabedrennik), an elongated rectangular cloth which is worn at the right hip; the kamilavka, a stiff violet hat which is slightly wider at the top; the gold cross; the palitsa and the jewelled cross. |
 | | The vestments of a bishop are the alb, epitrachelion, cuffs and belt, just as a priest wears; in place of the phelonion, however, bishops wear the sakkos, which resembles a sticharion but is shorter and has shorter sleeves. |
 | | This is a long, wide cloth, adorned with crosses; it is placed on the bishop’s shoulders in such a way that one end of it hangs down in front and the other end in back. |
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