10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OMOPHORIA»
Discover the use of
omophoria in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
omophoria and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beholding the sacred mysteries: programs of the Byzantine ...
In St. Nicholas Orphanos in Thessalonike and the church of Christ inVeroia, the
crosses of the omophoria are burgundy or blue in opposition to the cruciform
ornamentation of the polystavrion. These crosses are occasionally ornamented
with ...
Sharon E. J. Gerstel, 1999
2
The Embodied Icon: Liturgical Vestments and Sacramental ...
Although much rarer than epitrachelia, no doubt because they were worn
exclusively by bishops, examples of preserved omophoria also bear
embroidered images from the Feast Cycle. One of the earliest of surviving
omophoria is one now ...
3
Monumental painting and eucharistic sacrifice in the ...
At St. Nicholas Orphanos, for example, the crosses of the omophoria are either
burgundy or blue in opposition to the color of their polvstauria (plate 119). This
same color contrast is seen in the church of the Anastasis of Christ in Veroia (
plate ...
Sharon E. J. Gerstel, 1993
4
The Portrait in Byzantine illuminated manuscripts. [Mit ...
90-91) are identically clad in white sticharia with blue potamoi, polystauria with
brown gammata and white omophoria with blue crosses. The ends of the
omophoria are thrown over the arm in the same manner as the emperor carries
the loros.
Iōánnīs Spatharákīs, 1976
5
Patmos: Treasures of the Monastery
There are four such crosses on the large omophoria, and two on the small; each
cross has representations, sometimes only in the centre, sometimes also on the
arms of the cross. Countless generations and long centuries of history have ...
Athanasios D. Kominēs, 1988
6
Ancient Greek, Roman & Byzantine Costume
TheGreat and Lesser Omophoria. TheGreat Omophorion isa survival of
thatbordered toga characteristic oflate Romancostume and seeninits original
form atFig.138a, band c.Itis alsoseen inits later development on the figure of St.
Agnes at ...
7
A History of the Church of Russia
... his Epitrachelion (Omophorion) and the emperor his crown, and proclaimed
him to be the (Ecumenical judge. In memory of this circumstance, the patriarch of
Alexandria wears two Omophoria over his robes, and a double crown on his
mitre.
Andreĭ Nikolaevich Muravʹev, 1842
8
A history of the Holy Eastern church...
Sergius placed on him his Omophorion, the Emperor his Crown ; and since that
period the Patriarch of Alexandria wears two Omophoria, and a double crown on
his mitre. This title was afterwards absurdly assumed by the Jacobite Patriarchs, ...
9
The Travels of Macarius, Patriarch of Antioch
From the moment the fire began to burn, our Lord the Patriarch in his
Epitrachelion and Omophorion, the Heads of the Clergy in their Epitrachelia and
Omophoria, and the Priests in their Epitrachelia, were reading the holy Gospels ;
and the ...
10
Testimonies concerning the patriarch Nicon, the tsar, and ...
... his palace ; and after .the fifth hour had struck, we went down to put on our
robes ; and the patriarchs put on theirs at the west end of the church. The
patriarch of Moscow robed our master in one of his own sakkoses and omophoria
, braided ...
