On clerical dress "Just dress normally."

From Again and Again quoting the Antiochian Word.

“My dear friends, it seems to me that there are certain issues which do not go away, such as priestly dress in the church and outside the church. In the church, you must wear your cassock or jibbee. Outside the church in the streets, in the shopping centers, in the theaters, and in the hospitals, just wear your black shirt, collar and black suit. Comments on this seem to largely rail against a perceived latinization.

I have heard that in some parts of our vast Archdiocese some clergy dress like monks in black cassocks with very long beards and pony tails, wearing sandals and no socks. If you are not monks, dress normally. To my knowledge, the only monk that we have in our Archdiocese is His Grace Bishop Basil. That's quite sad. A few years ago, His Grace asked me about becoming a monk. So he went to a monastery in England and officially became a monk. If you are married and have children, you cannot dress like monks. Otherwise, you have to live in a monastery.

By the same token, when you come to the Archdiocesan Convention or to a Parish Life Conference, you cannot walk around in shorts, blue jeans and sneakers. Just dress normally.

On April 30, 2003, our Archdiocesan Synod under Item 8 stated: “Item which require uniformity across the Archdiocese, Clergy dress code and physical appearance - policy of the Archdiocese is that Jibbee or Cassock should be worn in appropriate places and appropriate times, i.e. in church, at a funeral home for the Trisagion Services. In public places where the priest is not performing priestly duties, he must wear a black clergy suit with collar and black suit jacket and trousers.”

Again on May 11, 2005, our Archdiocesan Synod stated under Item 6…”Uniform practice of appropriate clergy attire.” An example that was cited as inappropriate is, a subdeacon wearing an alloosee. Clergy should not go shopping wearing their cassocks. Photos of St. Tikhon from 1905 show him wearing a suit jacket and collar. Beards should be of reasonable length and not excessively long. Outside the church, the clergy should wear the dress that is common in this Archdiocese. While on vacation, the clergy may wear casual dress that is appropriate to the circumstances. It is not necessary to wear cassocks while traveling.”

Antiochian WORD, Vol. 52, No. 7, September 2008