Dalmatic
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The dalmatic is a long, wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, United Methodist, and some other churches. When used, it is the proper vestment o
A Roman Catholic deacon wearing a dalmatic and a biretta during a Mass in the Traditional Latin Rite
Ornately embroidered dalmatic (shown from the back with a collarin)
Roman Catholic deacon wearing a dalmatic
Dalmatic Roman usage (with its closed sleeves)
Sakkos
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The sakkos is a vestment worn by Orthodox and Greek Catholic bishops instead of the priest's phelonion. The garment is a tunic with wide sleeves, and a distinctive pattern of trim. It reaches below th
17th-century sakkos. It has 16 buttons on each side, plus 1 at the collar to make a total of 33: the traditional number of years in the earthly life of Jesus (Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece).
Priest in phelonion (left) and archbishop of Prague Joachim in sakkos
Greek-Catholic bishop wearing a sakkos. What appears to be a collar is a separate vestment, called the omophorion (Prešov, Slovakia).
Sakkos of Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow, ca. 1417