Vestments
What is the Kotina?
This white garment symbolizes being renewed in Christ.
What is the Hykala?
This area represents Earth and is where the congregation sits.
What is facing the East?
This movement shows our anticipation for Jesus’ second coming.
What is the Nicene Creed?
This prayer describes what Christians believe about God and the Church.
What is the Paina?
This vestment shows the priest’s pastoral duty.
What is the Madbaha?
This holy place represents Heaven and is separated by a veil.
What is kneeling?
This posture represents humility and repentance.
What is the Hail Mary?
This prayer came from the words of the Angel Gabriel and Elizabeth.
What is the Urara?
This Syriac term refers to the priest’s stole worn over the neck.
What is the Questroma?
Located between the Madbaha and Hykala, this area connects Earth and Heaven.
What is bowing the head?
This gesture shows gratitude, submission, and adoration.
What is the Lord’s Prayer?
This prayer is the one Jesus Himself taught His disciples.
What is the Sande?
These liturgical gloves symbolize hands ready for sacred service.
What is the Bema?
This space symbolizes earthly paradise and is marked with a cross and candles.
What is the Exchange of Peace?
This action shows unity, mutual love, and Christ’s presence.
What is the Rite of Reconciliation?
This prayer is said before Holy Communion and prepares us to receive Jesus with a clean heart.
What does Kotina mean?
This vestment reminds the priest to discard “the old self” and embrace goodness.
What is the Baptistery?
This place, found to the right of the sanctuary, welcomes people into the Church through baptism.
What is making the Sign of the Cross?
This movement is a divine sign of protection and salvation.
What is the Prayer of Sealing?
This prayer seals the grace received in Communion and asks God to protect us as we leave the church.