tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post4499677811935265669..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: The short phelonion of the ordained ReaderByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-18101080980183195242013-03-08T12:25:59.410-06:002013-03-08T12:25:59.410-06:00I wonder if this has any common roots with the “fo...I wonder if this has any common roots with the “folded chasubles” used by the deacon and subdeacon in penitential seasons in the West.Xenophorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885220348248195418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-53888410433848706352013-02-19T13:55:15.707-06:002013-02-19T13:55:15.707-06:00I was set aside as a reader with a short phelonion...I was set aside as a reader with a short phelonion in the OCA.Rome1453https://www.blogger.com/profile/04007946285367709356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-271517892800963782013-02-18T21:55:37.995-06:002013-02-18T21:55:37.995-06:00That must be a Russian practice. I was ordained, o...That must be a Russian practice. I was ordained, or more correctly, blessed a Reader by Archbishop Iakovos at Holy Cross seminary and he did not place a short pholonion one me. He did make all seminarians rassophors by giving them the right to wear a exofrasso or jibby. I have seen Readers blessed in the Antiochian Archdiocese and we do not use them. <br /><br />Fr. John W. MorrisArchpriest John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248014086614317924noreply@blogger.com