Vesting of the Priest before the Divine Liturgy

The next in the series of videos about aspects of the Divine Liturgy the faithful rarely witness, produced by St. Volodymyr Cathedral of Toronto and St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Oshawa, Ontario. In this film, Fr. Bohdan Hladio briefly explains and then demonstrates the vesting of the priest before the Proskomedia (the Liturgy of Preparation that immediately precedes the Divine Liturgy), with prayers for the donning of each article of liturgical vesture drawn from the Books of Isaiah, Exodus and Psalms. The five fundamental vestments: Sticharion (стихар), Epitrachelion (єпитрахиль), Zone (пояс), Epimanikia (поручі) and Phelonion (фелон) are described, while the Epigonation (палиця) — an ecclesiastical award that not all priests might wear — and the priest's pectoral cross are also discussed.

Видео Vesting of the Priest before the Divine Liturgy канала St. Volodymyr Cathedral of Toronto