Omophorion
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In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgical tradition, the omophorion is the distinguishing vestment of a bishop and the symbol of his spiritual and ecclesiastical authority. Originally wo
Fresco from the 14th century depicting St. Gregory the Illuminator of Armenia wearing a white omophorion.
Benjamin Peterson, archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, wearing an omophorion.
Metropolitan Neophyte Dimitrov wearing small omophorion.
Major archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, wearing a white omophorion which has been sewn into shape. The five bars at the bottom signify his position as head of an Eastern rite church.
Vestment
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Vestments are liturgical garments and articles associated primarily with the Christian religion, especially by Eastern Churches, Catholics, Lutherans, and Anglicans. Many other groups also make use of
Different vestments of kneeling clergy at the elevation of the chalice at a Mass according to the Neo-Gallican Rite of Versailles
Karl XIV Johans kröning by Per Krafft the Younger (1818) depicting Evangelical-Lutheran bishops in vestments during the coronation of Charles XIV John in Stockholm Cathedral
Illustration of liturgical garments from Acta Eruditorum, 1713
Ornate vestments which are used by the Catholic clergy: a chasuble, dalmatic, cope, and a biretta