Liturgical attire has always played a significant role in religious ceremonies, symbolizing reverence, tradition, and the roles of those who lead worship. Among these garments, the surplice stands out ...

There was a movement to improve decorum and presentation in choirs, and this led to the widespread enforcement of a dress code for the choir - the surplice and cassock (a tradition originating in ...

Do you know what a cassock is? What about a surplice? Ever heard of a chasuble or a zucchetto? All these and more are items used in church services. But how are they worn, and why? Click through ...

My guess is that at this point, just the opposite is true — that laypeople will take heart that there remain real Christians and decent men in clerical cassocks and collars. Secondly ...

worn beneath the cassock; and though among the holy pomps of the Romish faith, white is specially employed in the celebration of the Passion of our Lord; though in the Vision of St. John ...

In Mexico (where since 1926 it has been illegal for priests to walk around in cassocks) and in Venezuela, churchmen have sponsored organiza tions of idealistic volunteers who, in Peace Corps ...

Then came the task of climbing - and later descending - the narrow organ loft steps without tripping and in complete silence - no easy task wearing a cassock and surplice. "It was obviously a ...

I remember that I once tried to go far away to be a monk again I didnt know which temple to go to I just wanted to find a temple So I choose another direction instead of going to the city I walked ...

Harold, in his blood-red cassock, stood smiling by the church entrance, rehearsing the vows, and replaying in his memory the wedding procedures he had watched on YouTube. When one member of the ...