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This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the
World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important
historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come
from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject
produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a
discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the
subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the
Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the
book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous
generations.
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: and
crowns are of a circular shape, and we decorate our house of
prayer, i. e. the church, on feast days, with wreaths and garlands
of flowers. A circle is significant of something without an end, i.
e. eternity. It also denotes joy. CHAPTER III. THE TEMPLE AND ITS
DIVISION IN PARTS. The Church, or, proper, the Temple, is divided
into three parts: 1. The Sanctuary (for the Clergy); 2. The Nave
(for the Faithful); 3. The Porch (for the Catechumens and the
Penitents). The Sanctuary must be at the east side of the building.
It is separated from the body of the auditorium by a screen or
wall, called the Iconostasis. This is a Greek word, and signifies a
place for pictures or images. There are three doorways in the
Iconostasis, which are furnished with doors opening inwards, the
central ones being double, and called the Royal Gates. The latter
are not solid throughout, and behind them hangs a curtain, which is
drawn and withdrawn as the ritual requires. In the middle of the
Sanctuary stands the holy table (Altar), vested, first, with a
linen covering, and over this with one of rich brocade. Behind the
Altar there stands a candlestick with seven lights. Upon .the holy
table is kept an ark or casket, often in the shape of a temple, and
usually made of metal, which contains the Holy Sacrament, reserved
for the Communion of the sick (and sometimes for the absent), or
for the Liturgy of the Presancti- fied, which is sung in the days
of Great Lent. At the Celebration of the Liturgy, a cloth
containing Relics,called the Antirnins, is spread upon the Altar,
and upon this are placed the sacred vessels with their coverings or
veils. The Antimins are blessed only by the Bishop, and by him they
are distributed among the churches. The holy Liturgy is offered
over them in respect to t...
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