Altar Server Stikharions

Being an altar server is an extremely fortunate way of getting closer to God. It allows the younger Orthodox Christians to become more active in the liturgical functions and ceremonies. He acts as an assistant to the clergy and performs various duties. As altar servers, these assistants also need to look as God’s messengers and the alter server robes available at Istok Church Supplies can fulfil all vestment needs with complete satisfaction. 

 

The Purpose of Altar Server Vestments

As every member of the clergy in the religious order is assigned a certain type of vestment, so are altar servers. Ordained altar servers – Candle Bearers, Readers or Singers usually wear a stikharions with open-and-buttoned sides as this is the proper garment for a clergy person. The younger servers, who are usually not ordained, but rather are just ‘blessed’, have robes with closed sides. The alter server robes follow certain guidelines and need to be worn during liturgical functions in order to conduct the ceremonies in their proper way.

 

What Istok Offers

Appropriate vestments for the altar servers are a must. At Istok, we understand you might feel the need to order your own vestments when it comes to dressing up for your duties. The liturgical altar server robes you find on our website are created with specially chosen fabrics which can be individually selected or replaced as per your choice in order for it to fit the needs of the parish. The patterns are intricate and the designs as well as hand embroidered crosses are completed with high quality velvet inserts. The prepared vestments will be perfectly suited for your liturgical functions and will fulfil all purposes satisfactorily the way it was meant to.