{"product_id":"black-silver-alpha-omega-requiem-stole","title":"Silver Alpha and Omega Requiem Stole in Black with Cross and Lily","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Requiem Stole gathers several of the oldest funeral symbols onto one black panel: wheat, a radiant cross, lilies, and the Greek letters Alpha and Omega split across the two sides, all worked in silver and white thread down to a beaded fringe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDesign and symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach panel opens near the neck with a small wheat sprig, then a cross with fine radiating lines, then a cluster of lilies interwoven with more wheat. Below that, the left panel carries the letter Alpha and the right carries Omega, and each closes with a small cross set just above the beaded fringe. Wheat and lilies both speak to resurrection in church tradition, wheat because a buried grain rises as new growth, lilies because of their long association with Easter and eternal life. Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, are Christ's own words for himself in Revelation, the beginning and the end, and splitting the two letters across the pair of panels is a quiet way of keeping the wearer's body between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLiturgical use\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack remains the traditional colour for funerals and requiem Masses in the Roman and Anglo-Catholic traditions, and this stole was designed with that use specifically in mind, including services for All Souls' Day. Where a parish now uses white for funerals, drawing on the language of resurrection rather than mourning, this piece is not the right choice; its whole design leans on the older black-vestment vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA priest or pastor leading funerals, requiem Masses or an All Souls' commemoration will find the density of symbolism here suits a service built around scripture and reflection rather than a brief committal. The back yoke keeps a single radiant cross in silver, plain enough not to compete with the fuller design on the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLength and fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard length is 120 in (305 cm), measured end to end over the shoulders in the presbyteral cut. Lengths from 84 in to 120 in cost the same as standard, and every further 5 in beyond that adds $10, to a maximum of 160 in. Enter your height in the box on this page for a suggested length, or set your own figure directly; the length, height and any notes you give travel through to the cart, checkout and order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/funeral-and-memorial-vestments\"\u003efuneral and memorial vestments\u003c\/a\u003e and the wider \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/black-vestments\"\u003eblack vestments\u003c\/a\u003e collection, or return to \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/clergy-stoles\"\u003eall clergy stoles\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/vestment-glossary\"\u003evestment glossary\u003c\/a\u003e covers terms like cross-botonee and orphrey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Clergy Couture","offers":[{"title":"Standard 120 in","offer_id":49382737477867,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-STD","price":184.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure up to 120 in","offer_id":49382737510635,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M120","price":184.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 121-125 in","offer_id":49408836108523,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M125","price":194.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 126-130 in","offer_id":49408836141291,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M130","price":204.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 131-135 in","offer_id":49408836174059,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M135","price":214.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 136-140 in","offer_id":49408836206827,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M140","price":224.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 141-145 in","offer_id":49408836239595,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M145","price":234.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 146-150 in","offer_id":49408836272363,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M150","price":244.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 151-155 in","offer_id":49408836305131,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M155","price":254.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 156-160 in","offer_id":49408836337899,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-AOM-005-M160","price":264.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8375\/8571\/files\/black-silver-alpha-omega-requiem-stole-1.jpg?v=1788952496","url":"https:\/\/theclergycouture.com\/products\/black-silver-alpha-omega-requiem-stole","provider":"The Clergy Couture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}