Gallery V - Orthodox

 

Pantokrator

 

G5‑120 Mother Abbess in inner & outer Russian Orthodox Rasa, Apostolnik/Epimandylion (large black coif) Kamelavkion hat & Epanokamelavkion veil; She is not wearing the usual 25 foot long plaited Mandyas cape w/15 foot train in this photo.

 

G5‑125

 

G5‑130 Coptic Orthodox Patriarch with attending Bishop/Abbot, Priests & Monks blessing monastery cornerstone in Pacifica California for proposed new monastery/retreat/hermitage overlooking Dillon Beach at Point Reyes National Seashore just north of San Francisco.

 

G5‑140 Confessor and Consoler.  Inner & outer Russian Orthodox Rasa, Mandyas plaited cape, Analavos /Polystavrion with Crosses & symbols of the Passion & Suffering of Christ.

 

G5‑150 Schema Monk, Alypius, Cave of St. Alexander of Svir.  Same as in G5-140 but with black domed, stiff Skouphos hat with Epanokamelkion veil/hood w/2 winged lappets.

 

G5‑160 Schema Monk, John the Blind.  Similar to G5-140 above.
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