Hair-shirt is a long rough shirt made of camel or goat hairs. It was worn on a naked body, with its thorny hairs designed to remind a monk to be patient and humble.

Velum - in icon-painting is a fabric canopy (usually of red color) hanging between two architectural structures. In some icons (The Nativity of the Holy Virgin, The Annunciation of the Holy Virgin, The Candlemas) symbolizes the transformative connection between the Old and the New Testament and events taking place secretly or in a house.