Dictionary

sticharion en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στιχάριον (stikhárion).

Meanings

1. The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches.
   • The sticharion, which is held by the zone, or girdle, corresponds to the alb. 1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition:
   • a little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion. 1972, Robert Silverberg, “Thomas the Proclaimer”, in Sailing to Byzantium, Agberg Ltd., published September 2000, page 232:

Forms

Coordinates

epigonation · rhason · epimanikion · maniple · sakkos · omophorion · mitre · epitrachelion · zone · alb

Translations (6)

sh stìhār (clerical garb) · pl sticharion (clerical garb) · mk сти́хар (clerical garb) · ru стиха́рь (clerical garb) · fi stikari (clerical garb) · it sticario (clerical garb)