A gift for your pastor.
A stole is a gift a pastor wears in front of the congregation that gave it. Many churches in the United States keep October as Pastor Appreciation Month, and a stole suits Christmas, an ordination anniversary or a farewell just as well.
The days ahead
- Christmas DayFriday 25 December 2026 White or gold
- Easter DaySunday 28 March 2027 White or gold
- Pastor Appreciation DaySunday 10 October 2027
- Christmas DaySaturday 25 December 2027 White or gold
- Easter DaySunday 16 April 2028 White or gold
- The next dates appear here as the calendar turns.
How to choose
- Not sure which colour?
- Green, worn on more Sundays than any other. Green stole, $34.99
- For an ordination or its anniversary
- Red, the traditional ordination colour in Episcopal and many Anglican churches. Red stole, $34.99
- For Christmas or Easter
- White, which serves both. White stole, $34.99
- For Advent and Lent
- Purple. Purple stole, $34.99
- A gift from a group, or a smaller budget
- Any simple cross stole, $29.99. Green simple cross stole, $29.99
- For inclusive worship
- The rainbow. Rainbow stole, $29.99
Before you order
Every stole is 104 in end to end, 52 in a side, and hangs from both shoulders as a priest's or pastor's stole does (a deacon wears one differently). If you can, compare it with a stole they already wear.
If you can, check the colour with the church before you order.
Sources: Christianity.com, Pastor Appreciation Day and Clergy Appreciation Month; The Roman Missal, General Instruction ch. VI, ยงยง346 to 347 (USCCB); An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church; Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, Liturgical Colors & Seasons; UMC.org, Colors, liturgical.
