Third and Sixth Hours begin and the protodeacon begins a censing of the entire temple. Near the end of Psalm 90 (the last psalm of the Sixth Hour), at the words "asp and basilisk", the two subdeacons and a server—holding a basin and ewer, and with a towel around his shoulders—exit from the altar and come forward to wash the bishop's hands. The subedacons pour rose water over the bishop's hands and then lift the towel from the server's neck and give it to the bishop for him to dry his hands. Meanwhile, the protodeacon swings the censer and says the concluding verses of Psalm 25: I will wash my hands in innocency and I will compass Thine altar, O Lord, that I may hear the voice of Thy praise and tell of all Thy wondrous works. O Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwelleth. Destroy not my soul with the ungody, nor my life with men of blood, in whose hands are iniquities; their right hand is full of bribes. But as for me, in mine innocence have I walked; redeem me, O Lord, and have mercy on me. My foot hath stood in uprightness; in the congregations will I bless Thee, O Lord. After the bishop finishes drying his hands, the subdeacons replace the towel over the server's neck, and all three bow to the bishop and return to the sanctuary. Other clergy Altar servers, tonsured readers and subdeacons vest in the sticharion (and, for subdeacons, the orarion also, but crossed in front and in back) when serving or receiving Holy Communion. The rubrics do not prescribe saying the prayer for the sticharion when these lower clergy vest. Other services When vesting for other services, such as other Sacred Mysteries (Sacraments), the Daily Office, moliebens, blessings, etc., the priest will vest in either his epitrachelion alone or, when called for by the rubrics, epitrachelion and phelon. In some traditions, the priest always wears epimanikia any time he wears the epitrachelion. Deacons, subdeacons and servers always vest fully when they serve, though sometimes in the Greek tradition, deacons may wear only the orarion without the sticharion. There are no rubrics at any of these non-Eucharistic services which call for vesting prayers. Notes External links Clerical Attire According to the Byzantine Tradition Clerical Attire According to the Catholic Tradition Catholic liturgy