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What color do altar servers wear?
Servers often wear cassock and surplice, with black and red being the most common colors for a server’s cassock.
Why do some altar servers wear red cassocks?
The Surplice. The purpose of the alb and the cincture or cassock and surplice is to cover our daily clothing so that at the celebration of the Mass the servers are not a distraction to the people but are there to serve the Priest and the Deacon.
What should I wear to an altar server?
Altar servers are an extension of the clergy and expected to act and dress appropriately. Plain, light colored shirts (or dresses) with no bold prints, stripes, or wording that may show through the altar server robe should be worn. Males may wear slacks or dress shorts with long, dark socks (no ankle socks).
Do deacons wear Tippets?
The ceremonial scarf often worn by Anglican priests, deacons, and lay readers is called a tippet, also known as a “preaching scarf”. It is worn with choir dress and hangs straight down at the front. Ordained clergy (bishops, priests and deacons) wear a black tippet.
What do Catholic acolytes wear?
In Anglo-Catholic churches acolytes commonly wear cassock and cotta, and in less Anglo-Catholic churches commonly cassock-alb with girdle or cincture. Both cincture and girdle can be usually a twisted rope with knots on the ends which is secured round the waist; it may be white or of the liturgical colour.
Whats the difference between an alb and surplice?
The surplice is meant to be a miniature alb, the alb itself being the symbol of the white garment received at Baptism. As such, it is appropriately worn by any cleric, by lectors and acolytes, or indeed by altar servers who are technically standing in for instituted acolytes for any liturgical service.
What are the items on an altar called?
The Altar: The sacred table on which the sacrifice of the Mass is offered to God; the table from which the faithful receive the Blessed Sacrament. The Ambo: The lectern from which the readings are proclaimed. The Presider’s Chair: The chair on which the priest sits during Mass.