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Skufia

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A Skufia (also Skufiya or Skoufos) is an item of clerical clothing worn by worn by Orthodox Christian monastics (in which case it is black [1] (http://www.kosovo.com/monachos.jpg)) or awarded to clergy as a mark of honor (in which case it is usually red or purple). It is a soft-sided brimless cap whose top may be pointed (Russian style) [2] (http://www.uocc.ca/store/pics/Vestments/thumb_p2433d.jpg), flat and pleated (Greek style) [3] (http://www.nikitatailor.com/shop/photographs/skufias/red.jpg)), or flat with raised edges (Romanian style) [4] (http://www.nikitatailor.com/shop/photographs/skufias/red2.jpg). Typically, a monastic receives their skufia either when they first become a novice or when they are tonsured [5] (http://www.newsketemonks.com/images/monks/Ambr6.jpg). A monk or nun who has been tonsured to the Great Schema will wear a skoufia that has been embroidered with prayers, crosses, and figures of seraphim [6] (http://www.sestry.ru/church/img/1115_).

High ranking bishops (such as Archbishops and Metropolitans) will sometimes wear a black or purple skufia with a small jewelled cross on informal occasions [7] (http://ocaphoto.oca.org/filetmp/2003/January/406/Detail/DSC_0006.jpg). An Orthodox nun will sometimes wear a skufia over her monastic veil [8] (http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/06/23/pope.ukraine/long.protest.ap.jpp.jpg); Orthodox monks often wear the skufia (without a veil) when the klobuk or epanokamelavkion might get in the way of work.