Chasuble
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The chasuble is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian churches that use full vestments, primarily in Roman Catholic, Angl
Bishop Czeslaw Kozon, the Catholic bishop of Copenhagen, in pontifical liturgical vestments including the Chasuble.
Eighteenth-century chasuble from Mexico on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Toluca
17th-century embroidered chasuble, part of the collections of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte near Paris.
An Anglican priest wearing a modern chasuble over alb and stole
Phelonion
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The phelonion is a liturgical vestment worn by a priest of the Byzantine Christian tradition. It is worn over the priest's other vestments and is equivalent to the chasuble of Western Christianity.
Chasuble
…Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and in the Eastern Catholic Churches, the equivalent vestment is the phelonion. "The vestment proper to the priest celebrant at Mass and other sacred actions directly connected with Mass is, unless otherwise indicated, the chasuble…
Icon of Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna wearing a polystavrion (“many crosses”) phelonion.
Russian-style phelonion seen from the back and front (Father Sergi Standhart of the Russian Orthodox Church in Amsterdam).
Fresco of St. Gregory of Tavromenion wearing the type of phelonion worn by bishops called the polystavrion, as well as a white omophor. (14th century, Mistras).
Ukrainian Catholic priest wearing an embroidered phelonion at a church in the United States.