Vestments

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Prayer, Fasting and Worship

3 questions

• QShould a deacon enter the sanctuary when he is wearing his vestments only? Also during vesper raising of incense should a deacon be wearing his vestments?
• QWhy is the church so rigid about priests wearing tonia/galabaya? Why can't a priest wear a black pair of pants and a black shirt? This way, more people might feel…
• QWhy is it that our priests cannot wear clothes like the Catholic priests and other Eastern Orthodox priests, instead of wearing a black galabia? Why is it that the priest…

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