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Interfaith Minister's Stole, Purple and Gold
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- Primary Spiritual Use: Intention
- Secondary Spiritual Use: Peace
- Material: Purple and gold cotton
- Element: Spirit
- Planet: Sun
- Zodiac: Leo
- Chakra: Crown
- Ruling Day: Sunday
- Tradition: Modern eclectic
- Intent: Intention, Peace
This interfaith minister's stole is a purple and gold print on cotton fabric with a liner, 4 inches wide and 6 feet long. It carries 12 symbols of the world's religions, standing for harmony and universal unity, and a description sheet is included. Each stole is a batik handmade in Bali, Indonesia.
At a glance
Key Features of This Minister's Stole
Twelve world-religion symbols. The great traditions honored together, key sheet included.
Classic clergy drape. 6 feet by 4 inches, purple and gold, soft-lined cotton.
The officiant's vestment. Weddings, memorials, and ceremonies of many paths.
The particulars
Product Details
- Size: 6 feet long by 4 inches wide
- Material: purple and gold cotton with soft liner
- Includes: description sheet explaining the twelve symbols
The Spiritual Significance
The stole is clergy's oldest wearable sign: the strip of cloth over the shoulders that has marked the officiant across Christian traditions for well over a millennium, adopted by modern interfaith and non-denominational ministry as the vestment's most recognizable form. The interfaith version does deliberate symbolic work, wearing the twelve traditions' emblems side by side so that every family in a mixed gathering sees its path honored on the officiant's own shoulders, and the purple-and-gold palette keeps the old liturgical vocabulary, purple for solemnity and dignity, gold for celebration.
Its wearers are ministry's broad modern rank: the ordained interfaith and online-ordained officiants of contemporary weddings, the celebrants of memorials and blessings, the hospital and hospice chaplains whose rooms hold every faith, and the ministers of congregations that honor many roads, each symbol on the cloth a working promise to somebody's grandmother in the second row.
Step by step
How To Use This Stole
- Drape it over the shoulders with ends hanging even, the classic clergy fall.
- Review the symbol sheet before officiating; guests will ask, warmly.
- Wear it for weddings, memorials, blessings, and interfaith gatherings.
- Fold it flat or hang it between ceremonies.
- Spot-clean gently; the printed cotton prefers care to laundering.
It photographs beautifully at outdoor ceremonies, which modern officiants learn matters.
Good company
Pairs Well With
- Florida Water, 2 oz the ceremony kit's traditional refreshment.
- White Sage Smudge Sticks, Set of 6 the space blessing before guests arrive.
- I Believe in Angels Bumper Sticker the cross-tradition register at bumper scale.
- Honoring Your Ancestors by Mallorie Vaudoise the memorial officiant's reference shelf.
- Earth Goddess Altar Cloth the ceremony table dressed to match the office.
Before you buy
Frequently Asked Questions
Who wears an interfaith stole?
The broad modern rank: interfaith and online-ordained officiants, celebrants, chaplains, and ministers of many-road congregations.
What are the twelve symbols?
Emblems of the world's great religious traditions, printed along the stole; the included sheet explains each one.
What do the colors mean?
The old liturgical vocabulary: purple for solemnity and dignity, gold for celebration, the pairing suiting weddings and memorials alike.
What are its dimensions?
6 feet long by 4 inches wide, the classic clergy drape, in soft-lined cotton.
How do I care for it?
Gentle spot-cleaning and flat or hung storage between ceremonies.
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