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Also, often worn by Instituted Acolytes and some altar boys.In the East the comparable vestment is the sticharion.
18 November 2018
Word of the Day: Alb
ALB. A full length white linen vestment secured with a cincture used at Mass. An adaptation of the undertunic of the Greeks and Romans of the fourth century. It is blessed before being worn. It symbolizes the garment in which Christ was clothed by Herod and the purity of the soul with which the Sacrifice of the Mass should be offered. “Make me white O Lord and cleanse my heart that, made white by the Blood of the Lamb, I may be able to serve Thee” is said by the priest as he puts on the alb. It is also the white garment worn by the newly baptized person from Holy Saturday to the Sunday after Easter, Low Sunday, sometimes called the “Sunday in white.” (Etym. Latin albus, white.)
In the East the comparable vestment is the sticharion.
In the East the comparable vestment is the sticharion.
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