Miter (or Mitre)
(Greek,
lit. headscarf)
The miter is a kind
of headgear, which resembles a royal crown, and is part of ecclesiastical
attire of a bishop, an archimandrite, or a priest who is entitled to wearing
it. There
is an icon of the Holy Trinity or a six-winged Seraph on top of the miter. A
bishop’s miter is crowned by a cross. There are several iconographic images
around the miter. A bishop’s miter symbolizes both the royal crown of Christ
and his Crown of thorns at the same time.
Skufia
(Greek, lit. a cup)
A small soft
pointed folding hat. The folds of the skufia form a sign of the cross
around the wearer’s head. Skufia is worn daily by Orthodox clergy, monks, some
novices and laymen. A monk’s skufia is black. A married priest may be awarded
the right to wear a violet skufia. There is a small four-pointed cross
embroidered on the Patriarch’s and the bishops’ skufias.
Kamilavka
(Greek, lit. made of camel wool)
A stiff black,
purple or dark blue cylinder, which slightly widens as it rises. The Russian
Church began using kamilavkas after the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the 2nd
half of the 17th century. Married priests and
protodeacons may be awarded the right to wear kamilavkas during worship.
Klobuk (Turkish,
lit. a cap)
Klobuk is a black
kamilavka with a long train divided in three, worn by Orthodox monastics.
Monks who belong to
the clergy wear klobuk both during divine services and in their daily lives. Archbishops
wear a black klobuk with an embroidered cross. Metropolitans wear white klobuk
with a cross.
Koukoulion
of the Russian Patriarch
The klobuk of the
Russian Patriarch is traditionally referred to as koukoulion. The
Patriarch’s koukoulion is a hard round white hat with images of winged Seraphs
(aka “Zions”) on the forehead and two ends of the train. It has a small cross
on the top. It is worn daily.
Koukoulion of a Schema-Monk (Latin, lit. a
hood)
A soft black
pointed hood with two long stripes of fabric, which cover the wearer’s back and
chest. The
koukoulion has images of winged Seraphs and the text of the Trisagion
embroidered in white. Worn by Schema-Monks over the mantle.
Apostolnik
It is a headscarf
with an opening for the face. It flows freely down an Orthodox nun’s
shoulders, back, and chest. Nuns wear apostolnik under a skufia, a kamilavka,
or a klobuk.
Translated by The Catalog of Good Deeds
Source: https://foma.ru/7-tserkovnyih-golovnyih-uborov.html
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