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In the Eastern Orthodox Church, these colors mark the feasts and the seasons of the liturgical year. And each color has its own special meaning. In this guide, we walk you through each of the liturgical colors, starting with the color we see the most: gold.
The following is a guide for clergy for the entire Liturgical Year. "Optional" indicates that there is no assigned color for that particular time of year. Appropriate vestments for that time would be made of a color that is neither particularly dark, nor particularly bright.
Liturgical colors are those specific colors which are used for vestments, altar covers, and analogion covers within the context of services of the Church. The symbolism of colors may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.
In the Orthodox Church, six liturgical colors are used: white, green, purple, red, blue, and gold. Later, black vestments also came into use. In some places, scarlet orange or rust color is used.
Sunday Liturgical Chart: A listing of all Epistle and Gospel readings—and colors for vestments worn by the clergy—for each Sunday of the year. Liturgical Colors: A weekly and seasonal guide for the colors of vestments worn by the clergy.
The Orthodox Church traditionally uses different colours to mark the seasons of the liturgical year, certain feast days and other observances. The colours of clergy vestments, altar coverings and cloths on icon stands (proskynetaria) will often change to offer a visual clue of…
In the early 1500s the Roman Church came upon a set pattern of colors and seasons. They used five colors: white, red, green, violet, and black — although Spain was allowed to use blue as well. The Orthodox Church saw the use of colors used in the West and adopted (and altered) that pattern.
The Orthodox Church traditionally uses different colors to mark the seasons of the liturgical year, certain feast days and other observances. The colors of clergy vestments, altar coverings and cloths on icon stands (proskynetaria) will often change to offer a visual clue of the season or the feast day.
Worship in the Orthodox Church has sometimes been called a “sensory experience,” because it interacts with all five senses. We hear the chanting, we smell the incense, we taste Holy Communion, and we touch the icons. We do all of these, but the Liturgy is also a feast for the eyes.