epitrakhil'

[Judith Wermuth-Atkinson]

The epitrachelion (from Greek trachelos = neck) is a very important item in
the Eastern Orthodox church. In some cases a church service cannot be performed
without it. A similar item in the Catholic church is the priest's stole.
However, it might be a little strange to let Zoshchenko's Orthodox priest in
"Izpoved"  use a "Western" church service item. Perhaps the word can be explained
in a foot note.

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