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Christian head covering, also known as Christian veiling, is the traditional practice of women covering their head in a variety of Christian denominations.Some Christian women wear the head covering in public worship and during private prayer at home, [1] [2] [3] while others (esp. Conservative Anabaptists) believe women should wear head coverings at all times. [4]
When worn by Eastern Orthodox women the mantilla is often white, and is worn with the ends crossed over the neck and draped over the opposite shoulder. The mantilla is worn as a Christian headcovering by women during church services, as well as during special occasions. [2] [3] A smaller version of the mantilla is called a toquilla. [4]
An altar cross veiled during Holy Week. Lenten shrouds are veils used to cover crucifixes, icons and some statues during Passiontide [1] [2] with some exceptions of those showing the suffering Christ, such as the stations of the Via Crucis or the Man of Sorrows, with purple or black cloths begins on the Saturday before the Passion Sunday.
The use of Lenten veils was uninterrupted in many localities, as in Sicily where the opening of the Lenten curtain during the Easter tradition is an established popular tradition. Also, Lenten shrouds remained a universal use of the Catholic, Lutheran and certain Anglican traditions as a form of visual penance derived from the Lenten veil. [8] [9]
[12] [16] [13] [17] [18] Other Christian women, including certain Catholic and Lutheran, [19] as well as certain conservative Reformed Christian women (such as those belonging to the Heritage Reformed Congregations or Free Presbyterian Church of North America), continue to wear a headcovering at least during prayer and worship.
A Hutterite Anabaptist Christian teacher wearing an opaque hanging veil An opaque hanging veil worn by an Anabaptist Christian woman belonging to the Charity Christian Fellowship A hanging veil , also known as a flowing veil or charity veil , is a type of Christian headcovering , which is worn by some Christian women continually, in obedience ...
A mother wearing a kapp. A kapp (/kɒp/, Pennsylvania German from German Kappe meaning cap, cover, hood) is a Christian headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian denominations (especially among Amish, Mennonites, Schwarzenau Brethren and River Brethren of the Old Order Anabaptist and Conservative Anabaptist traditions), as well as certain Conservative Friends and Plain ...
As Mauro Gagliardi, a consultor to the office for the Pope's liturgical ceremonies, wrote in an article on the priest's vesting prayers in the Tridentine Mass: The maniple is an article of liturgical dress used in the celebration of the extraordinary form of the Holy Mass of the Roman Rite.