iconostasis

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 15:20, 28 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Iconostasis in the church of the Cocoș Monastery, Romania

Noun

iconostasis (plural iconostases)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in a church of eastern Christendom.
    • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 10, in Friday's Business[1]:
      The altar was hidden behind an Iconostasis. The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.

Translations