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Asterikos

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diskosnoun(Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A small plate used to hold eucharistic bread which is to be consecrated; a paten.
stauropegionnoun(later) In Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism, an autonomous Orthodox church body (church, monastery, brotherhood, lavra, theological school) which does not answer to any local hierarch, but is ruled directly by the highest authority of the church, i.e. the primate of the said church (e.g. a Patriarch) or in the case of the Russian Orthodox Church between 1721 and 1918 by the Most Holy Synod. Similar to a personal prelature.
stavropihiianounAlternative form of stauropegion. [(initially) In Eastern Orthodoxy, the placement of a cross by a bishop which symbolises his approval of the construction of a church or monastery on the site the cross is placed.]
stavropegionnounAlternative form of stauropegion. [(initially) In Eastern Orthodoxy, the placement of a cross by a bishop which symbolises his approval of the construction of a church or monastery on the site the cross is placed.]
thabilithonoun(Christianity) A wooden slab, covered with a cloth, placed on the altar in the Syrian Orthodox Church, and symbolizing the Cross.
sticharionnounThe outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches.
iconostasisnoun(Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.
epitrachelionnoun(Eastern Orthodoxy) The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
ethiopian crossnounAn elaborate, stylized version of the Christian cross symbol that is unique to Ethiopia and Eritrea.
rantistirionnoun(Eastern Orthodoxy) A ritual sprinkler used in some Christian rites.
typikonnoun(Christianity) A liturgical book containing instructions about the order of the Byzantine Rite office and variable hymns of the Divine Liturgy.
orarionnounA deacon's stole in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
reredosnoun(chiefly Western Christianity) A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images, akin to the iconostasis of the Eastern Churches.
analvosnoun(Christianity) Part of the habit of a senior monk in the Eastern Orthodox Church, similar to a scapular.
sakkosnoun(Eastern Orthodoxy) A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).
diaconiconnounA sacristy for sacred vessels in a Greek church, on the south side of the bema or sanctuary.
stichosnounA verse or versicle, according to the Greek Orthodox Church.
paracleticonnoun(Christianity) An office-book in the Greek Orthodox Church containing the troparia of the whole ferial office for the year.
holy crossnounA cross as a Christian symbol of the crucifixion of Christ
artophorionnoun(Eastern Orthodoxy) The tabernacle on the high altar in an Eastern Orthodox church

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