°In the
Eastern Orthodox liturgical tradition, the omophorion is the distinguishing
vestment of a
bishop and the symbol of his spiritual and ecclesiastical authority. Originally of wool, it is a band of brocade decorated with
crosses and is worn about the neck and around the shoulders.
"The bishop wears an omophorion, whose shape and manner of wearing are closer to the original pallium than either the stole or the epitrachelion. Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition"