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    ἐπιγονάτιον, literally meaning "over the knee"), or Pálitsa (Russian: Па́лица, "club"), is a vestment used in some Eastern Christian churches. In Eastern...
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  • which he is presented with his pastoral staff (Greek: paterissa, Slavonic: палица, palitza). Among the Russians, the pastoral staff for a Hegumen tends to...
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    wear it. Epigonation/Palitsa (Greek ἐπιγονάτιον "over the knee"; Slavonic палица, "club") A stiff diamond-shaped cloth that hangs on the right side of the...
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    strikes off Tugarin's head with a walking staff (or walking stick, Russian: палица) that weighs 90 pood, which was obtained when he exchanged his wardrobe...
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