The red cloth, with which we wipe our mouth when we receive Holy Communion, is called Maktro......

The red cloth, with which we wipe our mouth when we receive Holy Communion, is called Maktro and is a Communion Cloth or Chlamida (Mantle). It also has its place in the Divine Liturgy since it represents the mantle, in other words the scarlet robe, with which Christ was clothed by the soldiers in the Praetorium, and which was also steeped with His Most Holy Blood streaming down His Body after having undergone severe whipping.