(original post 5 Nov 2013)
Wow. Can't believe I FORGOT TO POST that I finished the aer in time for this year's Pentecost - I attached the last bit of fringe and the ribbons for tying about 6 hours before it was to be used. Here's the finished product -approximately 150 hours of stitching, silk, wool,and silver on round-thread linen, lined in silk, silk fringe and ribbons.
Wow. Can't believe I FORGOT TO POST that I finished the aer in time for this year's Pentecost - I attached the last bit of fringe and the ribbons for tying about 6 hours before it was to be used. Here's the finished product -approximately 150 hours of stitching, silk, wool,and silver on round-thread linen, lined in silk, silk fringe and ribbons.
and the rest of the photos are from its use in the Great Entrance of Divine Liturgy...
If you've never expereienced an Orthodox Divine Liturgy, the Great Entrance is when the Gifts (the elements of Communion) are processed through the church. When the priest returns them to the altar, the aer is removed and used in the covering and blessing of the Eucharist.
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