Red Priest Chasuble with Chi-Rho, Chalice & Eucharistic Embroidery | Church Vestment

The Apostles went to their deaths proclaiming the same Name that appears at the top of this red chasuble's gold orphrey panel — the Chi-Rho, the ancient monogram of Christ that preceded the cross as the Church's primary symbol and that carries within it the full weight of the early Christian witness. On red fabric, beside a gold orphrey bearing the IHS chalice, wheat, and grapevine, the Chi-Rho is not merely a decorative emblem but a statement of what the martyrs died for: the Name, and the Eucharist that is celebrated in that Name at every altar in every age.

The gold orphrey panel — warmer and more luminous than the white orphrey of the green version — introduces a note of intensity that suits the red chasuble's liturgical character. Gold is the colour of fire as much as of glory, and on a vestment worn at Pentecost or a martyr's feast, the gold orphrey carries that association naturally. The Chi-Rho in red at the top of the panel stands out against the gold ground with particular force, the colour of blood and the colour of fire meeting in a single symbol at the chasuble's highest point.

Below the Chi-Rho, the IHS chalice ascends through wheat sheaves and a grapevine leaf, the Eucharistic gifts identified by the sacred monogram on the host. The Apostles who carried the Eucharist to the ends of the earth understood the chalice as both gift and commission — the cup of blessing that Paul speaks of, and the cup of suffering that Christ himself named. On this red chasuble, the chalice holds both meanings simultaneously, the Eucharistic gift and the apostolic cost inseparable in the one image.

Grape clusters descend through the lower panel in a composition that mirrors the other chasubles in this series while reading differently in its red and gold context — not the quiet abundance of green ordinary time, not the penitential waiting of purple, but the full-throated proclamation of a Church that has paid for its Eucharist with the blood of its witnesses and continues to offer it without counting the cost.

Priests seeking this same Eucharistic composition in the colour of ordinary growth and weekly sustenance may also consider our Green Priest Chasuble with Chi-Rho, Chalice & Eucharistic Embroidery, which carries the same orphrey embroidery on a green ground suited to the Sundays of ordinary time.

This chasuble is prescribed for Pentecost Sunday, feasts of the Apostles, feasts of martyrs, Palm Sunday, and confirmation Masses. The gold orphrey panel and red fabric together create a vestment of formal weight appropriate for the most significant red feasts in the liturgical calendar, from the Solemnity of Pentecost to the feasts of Peter and Paul.

The chasuble is sewn from firm red fabric that drapes cleanly over the alb and holds its shape through extended celebrations. The gold orphrey panel is edged in gold, and the full perimeter of the garment is finished with a gold trim border. The machine embroidery — including the Chi-Rho, IHS chalice, wheat, grapevine leaf, and grape cluster composition — is worked in quality threads chosen for colour retention, ensuring every element remains vivid and well-defined through years of regular liturgical use.

• Colour: Red with gold orphrey panel and gold trim border
• Embroidery: Chi-Rho monogram; IHS chalice with wheat, grapevine leaf & grape clusters
• Technique: Machine embroidery
• Liturgical use: Pentecost, feasts of Apostles & martyrs, Palm Sunday, confirmation Masses
• Suitable as an ordination or priestly gift

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