May 21, 2013

Russian Klobuk (Клобук) and Kukulija (Куколь)

Very nice picture showing the clergy of the
Russian Orthodox Church

1.
In the middle:

2.
To his right an left:
wearing a white klokuk with cross on the forehead
A white klobuk is worn by all metropolitan bishops depending from the Moscow patriarchate.
And it is worn only by the primates of the Serbian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Estonian and Romanian Orthodox Church and of the Orthodox Church of America (OCA).

3.
First row, left:
Archbishop
wearing a black klokuk with cross on the forehead

2.
Second row:
Bishops
wearing a black klokuk

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