What is Mantle (vesture)?
[[File:Antropov Archbishop Gavriil.jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[archbishop]] Gavriil wearing an episcopal mandyas (Alexey Andropov, 1774, [[State Russian Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg]]).]] A '''mantle''' ({{lang-el|μανδύας}}, '''''mandyas'''''; {{lang-cu|мантия}}, '''''mantiya''''') is an [[Church (disambiguation)|ecclesiastical]] garment in the form of a very full [[cape]] which extends to the floor, joined at the neck, that is worn over the outer garments. In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and the [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic churches]], the mantle is a [[Monastery|monastic]] garment worn by [[bishop]]s, [[hegumen]]s, [[archimandrite]]s, and other monastics in processions and while attending various church services, such as [[Vespers]] or [[Matins]]; but not when dressed to celebrate the [[Divine Liturgy]]. Unlike the Western [[cope]], the mantle is worn only by monastics. The [[klobuk]] is worn over the mantle. [[Category:Christian clothing]] {{religion-stub}}