A 19TH CENTURY GREEK ORTHODOX BISHOP'S PHELONION OR COPE TOGETHER WITH A COPE HOOD φαιλόνιον (Greek), richly embroidered gold brocade and red velvet with red silk tassles; together with a cope hood, Antimins, Ἀντιμήνσιον (Greek), depicting the Death of the Virgin, finely worked in gold and silver thread, flanked by a flowers with red silk tassles, (2) the cope 150cm long, the cope hood 82cm long, Notes: The Antimins, Ἀντιμήνσιον (Greek), is one of the most important furnishings of the altar in many Eastern Christian liturgical traditions. It is a rectangular piece of cloth of either linen or silk, typically decorated with representations of the Descent of Christ from the Cross, the Four Evangelists, and inscriptions related to the Passion. A small relic of a martyr is sewn into it. It is not permitted to celebrate the Eucharist without an antimins. The antimins is kept in the centre of the Holy Table (altar) and is unfolded only during the Divine Liturgy, before the Anaphora.