filakto

noun

1. A sacramental (sacred sign) that is pinned to one's clothing in order to ward off Satan.

   “I crawled under the epitaphion, too, and Spiridoula tipped me off that people take flowers from the epitaphion home with them after the evening service to save as filakta — protective amulets.”

   “Some babies wear a 'filakto' which is a small cloth pouch containing something religious such as a flower from the Epitaphio, a little piece of the holy cross, or some soil from Jerusalem. This is pinned on Baby's left shoulder blade.”