Red Vestments—Front The red paraments come with a full set of vestments: cope, chasuble, dalmatic, and tunicle.

The cope (center in the two top pictures) is worn by the officiant (either clergy or lay), most often at non-eucharistic liturgies. However, it is also worn at festival eucharistic celebrations when there is a major procession.

The cope is bright red with batik panels along the front opening in the same shades of red and orange as the altar front.. The collar is made from the same batik with a white dove (repeated form the banner) above tongues of flame. The collar is trimmed with gold braid along the edge and a tassel at the points.

The dalmatic (left in the two top pictures, worn by the deacon at Holy Communion) is bright red with triangular batik panels hanging in front and back. The triangular panels repeat the reds and oranges from the altar frontal with tongues of flame near the top. The panels are trimmed with gold braid edges and tassels at the points.

The tunicle (right in the two top pictures, worn by the subdeacon at Holy Communion) is also bright red with triangular batik panels hanging in front and back. The triangular panels repeat the reds and oranges from the altar frontal. The panels are trimmed with gold braid edges and tassels at the points.

The chasuble (bottom picture) is worn by the celebrant at eucharistic celebrations. It is not worn at non-eucharistic services.

The chasuble is bright red with triangular panels of dyed silk hanging in front and back. Each of the silk panels repeats the reds and oranges from the altar frontal. The front panel has a white dove near the neck and back panel echoes the tongues of flame at the point. The panels are trimmed with gold braid edges and tassels at the points.

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Red Vestments—Back
Red Vestments—Chasuble