 Orthodox Vestments  might notice differences in priestly vestments. Among many styles of priestly vestments, these two are the most known in the Orthodox world: "Greek" style and "Russian" style.
The differences are mostly in appearance, but meaning of all the pieces of the vestments remains the same.
One can notice that Greek style vestments are fit around the shoulders of a priest and do not have a 'triangle' behind the priest's head. This is only natural to have this style of phelonion.
Russian style has that 'extra' triangle on the back of the phelonion, which was also natural for sever Russian climate. Indeed, during the cold months of winter with very little or none heating it was impossible for a priest to stand in church without his coat underneath the vestments. (Believe me; I had a chance to appreciate Russian style during cold winter days in Ukraine). Greek style of vestments were not very "user-friendly" for this kind of weather; therefore, Russian style was invented by adding some extra room for a collar (maybe even for a fur collar) to address the need of the clergy and apparently to keep the clergy safe from freezing.
After you click on the link, look at the picture that will open in new window. Please, hover your mouse over the different parts of vestments. Names of those parts will be displayed in the top right corner of the picture. You will need Java Script enabled in your browser to see this. If asked by your software, click on "Allow JavaScript from this site".
The parts of the vestments on the picture are clickable. Info will appear in a new window after you click on the picture.
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