page_title: Epigonation
hierarchical_section_title: Epigonation
caption_attribution_description: English: Epigonation. "The Hospitality of Abraham". Ipatiev Monastery. Русский: Палица с изображением Авраама и Сарры. Ризница Ипатьевского монастыря.
context_page_description: The epigonation, or palitza, is a vestment used in some Eastern Christian churches.
context_section_description: The epigonation (Greek: ἐπιγονάτιον, literally meaning "over the knee"), or palitza (Russian: палица, "club"), is a vestment used in some Eastern Christian churches.
caption: Embroidered palitza (photograph c. 1911 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii).
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