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* The
girdle is a band of silk or linen embroidered with golden or silver crosses. Its
use is nowadays restricted to
bishops on certain ceremonial occasions, though in the
past, it formed part of the liturgical vestments of priests and
bishops alike. It is worn over the epitrachelion
around the waist, with its two ends held together by means of a silver clasp. * The girdle stands for
the concept of virtue and piety: "Righteousness shall be the girdle of his
waist and faithfulness the girdle of his loins" (Isa. 11:5). It also
symbolizes vigilance and watchfulness: "Let your loins be girdled and your
lamps burning" Luke 12:35. It is associated with the leather girdle that St.
John the Baptist wore round his waist (Matt. 3:4) and with St. John's vision
of Christ "clothed with a long robe and with a golden girdle round his
breast" Rev. 1:13.
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