Pallium is a a Roman equivalent of the Greek outwear (himation, pharos, peplos, chlamys etc.) The pallium is a woolen cloak symbolizing a shepherd; since the 4th century AD the pallium was bestowed on Eastern Orthodox bishops as a symbol of a shepherd carrying sheep on his shoulders. In its present form, the pallium is part of the liturgical vestment of the Roman Pope and the Roman Catholic metropolitans.

Panagia 1) a small icon worn by bishops and archimandrites, with an image of the Savior or the Holy Trinity on one side and the Holy Virgin with the Child on the other. 2) a special title, usually assigned to the images of Our Lady of the Sign.

Podlinniki (Exemplum) are old Slavonic model-book drawings for icon-painters.

Patibulum is a crossbeam to which the arms of the condemned were nailed before raising him to the pole.

Polystavrion - is a phelonion plaited with numerous crosses. Only the highly placed clergy (the patriarchs or metropolitans) was entitled to wear it.

Phelonion — (Greek) — the upper element of Orthodox liturgical vestment. A long and wide vestment without sleeves and with a hole in the middle for the head. The phelonion symbolizes the scarlet robe the soldiers put on Jesus Christ during Pilate’s trial, it is to remind the priest that during a liturgy he represents the Lord sacrificing Himself. The saints and fathers of the Church are shown wearing the phelonies on the icons.

Priestly martyr – a monk or a bishop who died for Christ.

Pavoloka is a cloth glued on the icon board before laying levkas (gesso). It serves to strengthen the gesso with a board surface. The use of pavoloka was not mandatory in icon-painting.