Orarion

The Archdeacon's orarion may also have the word "Holy" embroidered three times on it in large letters, using nomina sacra where customary, in reference to the Trisagion.

Armenian usage is identical to the Byzantine Rite, except that their deacons wear the single orarion, which they call urar.

Sometimes in Greek Catholic practice, the double orarion is worn only over the left shoulder (folded to make up for length) over a cassock if the deacon in question is preaching, but not participating otherwise.

In the Greek tradition, tonsured taper-bearers wear the orarion similarly crossed in back, but with the ends hanging parallel in front.

However, readers and altar servers are sometimes given a blessing by the bishop to vest in the orarion and perform some limited functions of a subdeacon.

Greek Orthodox deacon in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem , wearing the double orarion over his sticharion . On his head he wears the clerical kamilavka .