Mantle

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.

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All other meanings of the word derive from this one.

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In 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.

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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 an unordained monk http://www.nikitatailor.com/shop/photographs/mantia/blackw.jpg; a hegumen or an archimandrite may have embroidered crosses on the front http://www.jordanville.org/abbots/abbotsARP.html. There is also an episcopal mantiya which is not worn with the other episcopal vestments, but when the bishop formally enters the church before Divine Liturgy http://www.svots.edu/Three-Hierarchs-Chapel/2004-0130-ordination/images/DSC_0017_jpg.jpg 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 appliqu?s, two at the neck and two at the feet (called "tablets", symbolizing the Gospel which must be the focus of a bishop's teachings).

Orthodox Church: The Orthodox Church, also officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to in English-speaking countries as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the world's second largest Christian communion, estimated to number 300 million members....

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Bishop: A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority....

Mantle related Images and Photos (experimental)

Mantle (DVD)	Mantle Masterpiece I	Mantle Masterpiece II	Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris
Mickey Mantle 1956	Fur-Trimmed Mantle c.1913	The Magic Mantle	Jennie's Mantle II
Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees During Spring Training	Joe DiMaggio Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams 1951	Yankee Mickey Mantle in Action Swinging Bat with Catcher and Umpire Behind Him	Yankee Mickey Mantle Flinging His Batting Helmet Away in Disgust During Bad Day at Bat