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A case for wearing the cassock (or even the collar)

February 10, 2015 Filed under: 10 Comments

This documentary explains how Orthodoxy studies the world in order to understand and speak to it, but witnesses to it by remaining true to itself.  Abbot Tryphon makes the case for clerics wearing recognizable clerical garb because it allows them to image Christ to others (even if the best cultural r … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: Abbot Tryphon, attire, cassocks, clergy, culture, men in black, Orthodox

Priestly Attire

February 12, 2013 Filed under: 8 Comments

by a Priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. With no judgment on clergy who do not follow these injunctions, I have always found that dressing appropriately as an Orthodox priest was also a great mission and outreach tool. The opportunities it presents are without equal. In issue no. 6 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Priest Tagged With: attire, priest

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