Elaborate vestments were produced by professional artisans and lay individuals in church schools in order to meet the needs of the clergy. This collar and robe dates to the late 18th century from the church of Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew. It is on red velvet with heavy gold brocade and couching. The back of the collar features a cross with sunburst, flanked by a wheat and grape motif. At the shoulder below the collar is the image of the Holy Spirit with radiating rays of light engulfing a free standing cross on Golgotha mount.
Angels flank the cross.
Symbolizing the Holy Crucifixion the central motif is surrounded by wheat and grapes, the Body and Blood of Christ, and six winged angels or seraphim at the apex of each shoulder. Harutyun dates to the mid to late 18th century. Couching is in gold and features wheat and grape motif signifying the Body and Blood of Christ. The crown is topped by a heavily embroidered cross in gold metallic thread. Velvet and cloth miter from the Church of Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew dates to the early to mid-19th century.