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Orthodox Terminology
ALTAR CLOTHS PDF Print E-mail
ALTAR CLOTHS - 1) Gr. Katasaskion, SI. Sratchitsa, a white cloth covering the whole altar table. It represents the Winding Sheet in which our Lord was wrapped for burial. 2) Sl. Inditia, a richly-embroidered cloth over the white cloth, representing Christ's Robe of Glory; 3) Sl. Iliton, the cloth in which the Antimension is wrapped.
 

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Ease and idleness are the destruction of the soul and they can injure her more than the demons. - Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria
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