Embroidered Cotton Antidoron Cloth with Orthodox Liturgical Cross - 21x21 cm (8.26x8.26 in)

Eastern Orthodox Liturgical Textiles — Embroidered Cotton Antidoron Hand Towel with Sacred Cross Motif - 21 x 21 cm (8.26 x 8.26 in)

Maintain the highest standard of liturgical decorum and reverence with this dedicated embroidered Antidoron cloth (μαντηλάκι για αντίδωρο). Tailored for Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics observing the Byzantine Rite, this compact liturgical textile is used to cup the hands when receiving blessed bread (antidoron / prosphoro) from the priest at the end of the Divine Liturgy. Crafted from a soft, high-grade white cotton blend and finished with traditional ecclesiastical embroidery, it provides an orderly and respectful way to catch every crumb of the blessed bread.

*Note: The price listed is for one (1) single embroidered antidoron cloth. Prayer books, prosfora, or church accessories shown in photography are for scale and contextual presentation only.

🕊️ Traditional Liturgical Utility & Sacred Embroidery

Crafted in accordance with centuries-old Orthodox ecclesiastical traditions:

• Dedicated Antidoron Tradition: Specifically designed to honor the custom of receiving the blessed bread (“instead of the gifts”), ensuring that blessed fragments are caught reverently and handled with appropriate pious care.
• High-Grade White Cotton Blend: Woven from durable, soft-touch white cloth engineered to withstand regular washing, pressing, and frequent church attendance.
• Detailed Christian Embroidery: Features fine, traditional ecclesiastical needlework centered on historic cross motifs inspired by Byzantine monastic art.
• Foldable Pocket Dimensions: Measures 21.0 x 21.0 cm (8.26 x 8.26 in), folding flat to slip easily into suit jacket pockets, handbags, bible cases, or prayer book sleeves.
• Clean Hemmed Edges: Finished with secure border stitching to prevent fraying through repeated Sunday liturgies and parish feast days.
• Multi-Use Devotional Linen: Suitable for personal use by churchgoers, altar servers, chanters, or for covering home prayer corner offerings and holy bread.

✨ Meaningful Church Companion & Thoughtful Gift

• Practical Expression of Piety: Encourages respectful liturgical etiquette during weekly communion services, major feasts, and monastery pilgrimages.
• A Dignified Ecclesiastical Gift: An authentic gift for godchildren, godparents, parish volunteers, choir members, clergy, monastics, or family members on baptisms, name days, and Pascha.

Specifications:

• Package Contents: 1 x Embroidered Antidoron Cloth
• Dimensions: 21.0 x 21.0 cm (8.26 x 8.26 in)
• Material: Premium White Cotton Blend Fabric
• Embroidery Motif: Traditional Eastern Orthodox Cross Needlework
• Color: Classic Liturgical White with Fine Contrasting Thread
• Origin: Handcrafted Ecclesiastical Craft of Greece
• Usage & Care: Antidoron / Prosphoro Reception, Liturgical Service Cloth, Hand Wash or Gentle Machine Wash