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Iconostasis - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) ICONOSTASIS, the screen in a Greek church which divides the altar and sanctuary from the rest of the church. It is generally attached to the first eastern pier or column and rises to the level of the springing of the vault. The iconostasis or imagebearer has generally three doors, one on each side of the central door, beyond which is the principal altar. www.1911encyclopedia.org /Iconostasis   (131 words)

Iconostasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Eastern Christianity an iconostasis (the plural is iconostases, whose last syllable rhymes with ease) is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church. The modern iconostasis evolved from the Byzantine templon in the fifteenth century. Mid-17th-century iconostasis of the Ipatiev Monastery cathedral in Kostroma. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iconostasis   (987 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iconostasis At the very top of the iconostasis is a large cross (often a crucifix in bas-relief), the source of our salvation, and on either side of it are the pictures of Our Lady and of St. John. Where the iconostasis is very lofty, as among the Slavonic nationalities, whether Orthodox or Catholic, the pictures upon it are arranged in tiers or rows across its entire length. The icon, which is generally painted upon wood, is covered except as to the face and hands with a relief of silver, gold, or seed pearls showing all the details and curves of the drapery, clothing and halo: thus giving a crude cameo-like effect around the flat painted face and hands of the icon. www.newadvent.org /cathen/07626a.htm   (1176 words)

Margarita Koeva - The Bulgarian Orthodox Iconostasis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The size, form and location of the iconostasis in the interior environment of the temple vary with the ceremonial genre of the liturgy, which is also the major functional factor to shape the architectural composition of the church building itself. On the central “sacral doors” of the iconostasis the Annunciation scene was painted, which was earlier seen on the pillars separating altar and naos, etc. Thus, the iconographic concept of the iconostasis partly originated from the initial distribution of images in the altar area. A similar variety of iconostasis to the one in the Monastery of Bachkovo were found in the St. George church in Arbanasi, St. Cyril and St. Metodii in Veliko Tarnovo, the lost iconostasis of the earthquake-stricken temple St. Petka in the same town, the iconostasis in the Christmas Church in Arbanassi. liternet.bg /publish9/mkoeva/nasledstvo/ikonostas_en.htm   (4549 words)

History of the Iconostasis As precursor to the iconostasis, the chancel screen was often decorated with reliefs of Christ, the Virgin and the saints in the face of the parapet and later by icons attached to the parapet and/or placed on top of the architrave. While the iconostasis in its later evolution cannot be said to derive directly from ancient and venerable tradition, the separation of clergy and people upon which it is predicated existed in Apostolic times, being directly inherited by the Church from the Temple. The iconostasis of today is merely the continued manifestation of the ancient belief and practice that the holy of holies is to be reserved exclusively for those who are ordained to celebrate the Holy Mysteries. www.byzantines.net /epiphany/iconostasis.htm   (1443 words)

Iconostasis: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com The iconostasis typically has three openings or sets of doors; the royal doors are... An iconostasis is a wall of icons, i.e., religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern-rite Catholic churches. The iconostasis typically has three openings or sets of doors; the royal doors are in the middle, and the other doors are at or near either end of the iconostasis. www.encyclopedian.com /ic/Iconostasis.html   (278 words)

Iconostasis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Iconostasis in the chapel of the Miracle of the Virgin's Veil (Pokrov) with icons painted in 1798. The richly carved and gilded 18th-century iconostasis exemlifiers the spirit of Levantine baroque which appeared on Athos iconostases as early as 1611, when the great iconostasis in the Protaton church at Karyes was completed. The woodcarved iconostasis in the chapel of the Virgin's Nativity - second half of the 18th century. www.rs.risjak.net /chilandar/iconostasis.html   (145 words)

Iconostasis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) In these settings, the nave is the main space where most of the worshippers stand, and the sanctuary is the area around the altar, typically just east of the nave. The iconostasis typically has three openings or sets of doors; the royal doors are in the middle, and the other doors (often called "deacon's doors" because a deacon will use them frequently) are at or near either end of the iconostasis. The iconostasis evolved from the Byzantine templon in the late 14th and 15th centuries. encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/i/ic/iconostasis.html   (214 words)

The Iconostasis - Las Vegas Orthodox The solution was to use on the iconostasis itself the same iconographic plan as for the cupola, the sanctuary and the nave. Often misunderstood today, the iconostasis should be re-evaluated in terms of the theology of the icon. The iconostasis is thus not limited to simply recapitulating the entire economy of salvation for our eyes and our senses, though this is already a fact of great importance; it suggests a spiritual passage into another world which remains invisible to our earthly eyes. www.lasvegasorthodox.com /library/Orthodox_Practices/The_Iconostasis.htm   (359 words)

St.Mark Orthodox Christian Church - Give Us a Foot Program The iconostasis was creating the breathtaking spiritual atmosphere during the celebration of Divine Liturgies at 13th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America held in Orlando, FL in July 2002, where it was installed. At first, an iconostasis was just a small wall (threshold, fence), as a symbolic division between the Sanctuary and the Nave, that is, between the Heaven and the Earth (the Divine and the human). In the larger iconostasis the icons are arranged in tiers or rows across its entire length. www.stmarkorthodox.org /iconost.html   (640 words)

The Sanctuary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The Sanctuary of an Orthodox church is separated from the rest of the nave by the Iconostasis. The iconostasis evolved out of a chancel rail (called a templon) and a vestige of the chancel can be seen in the form of the base panels below the smaller icons. An iconostasis can be as simple as a row of icons attached to a chancel rail (sometimes found in modern churches) or it can be an elaborate wall with many rows of icons. stgeorge.ia.goarch.org /sanctuary.htm   (254 words)

wcr:02/17/2003 -- Iconostasis:Parish wants to display glory of God's Kingdom An iconostasis consists of a partition running from side to side of the apse, which divides the sanctuary from the body of the church, and is built of solid materials such as stone, metal or wood. At the middle of the iconostasis is the royal door leading to the Holy of Holies, reminiscent of the Jewish temples. At the crown of the iconostasis is a crucifixion icon with another icon of Mary on the right side and John, the beloved disciple on the left. www.wcr.ab.ca /news/2003/0217/iconostasis021703.shtml   (788 words)

The diocese of Osjek-polje and Baranja   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Iconostasis painted by Jovan Isailovic Senior in 1783, frescoes by Jovan Isailovic Junior 1850–1854. Iconostasis removed, woodcarving destroyed at behest of Franciscan monk Kamilo Kolb. Iconostasis painted by Bogdan Djukic in first half of the 19th century. www.spc.org.yu /Genocid/Osijecko/osjeckoe.html   (2230 words)

- The Iconostasis The most prominent feature of an Orthodox church is the Iconostasis, consisting of one or more rows of Icons and broken by a set of doors in the center (the Holy Doors) and a door at each side (the Deacon's Doors). Thus the Iconostasis both divides the Divine world from the human world, but also unites these same two worlds into one whole a place where all separation is overcome and where reconciliation between God and man is achieved. As pointed out, the central place of the Iconostasis is occupied by the Holy Doors, because the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist celebrated within the Altar, is brought forth through them to the faithful. www.stots.edu /article.php?id=58   (872 words)

Book: Solovetsky Iconostasis The iconostasis was preserved in its nearly original condition due to quirks in its history. Solovetsky Iconostasis is devoted entirely to the description and analysis of this rare example of Novgorodian-influenced Northern Russian icon painting. The in-depth analysis compares details of the iconostasis ensemble with examples of Novgorodian icons from the same period in side-by-side color illustrations. www.iconofile.com /books_solovetsky_pg.asp   (290 words)

Orthodox World The iconostasis is quite a solid screen stretching from the northern to the southern wall of a church, whereon icons are arranged in a predefined order. When the icons themselves are looked at one notices that the iconostasis is usually decorated with several rows of icons. In Old Russia's churches the type of five-circle iconostasis was dominant but the number of rows could be reduced even to only one with the necessary icon of "The Mystical Supper" above the Holy Doors. www.orthodoxworld.ru /english/icona/7/index.htm   (770 words)

Royal Doors and Iconostasis The iconostasis itself was in use in the West, as well as in the East, where, in England, it was called the "Rood Screen" or "Cross Screen" and many can still be seen in what are now Anglican churches there. The iconostasis is an embellishment of the Veil of the Temple that, in the Christian Church, demarcates the Sanctuary from the Church of the Faithful. It was after the defeat of iconoclasm in the ninth century that the veneration of icons spread rapidly throughout the Byzantine Orthodox world (the iconoclastic controversy did not affect the Oriental Churches of Africa, Syria and Armenia). www.unicorne.org /ORTHODOXY/septembre02/royaldoors.htm   (800 words)

Welcome To Axis Mundi: A Student Journal For The Academic Study Of Religion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Furthermore, I hope to show that the iconostasis offers an interesting subject of study from a "religious studies" point of view in its aspects of "history of religions," "religious thinking," "ritual studies," and "sociological" considerations with regard to the distinction between the "sacred roles" of the clergy and laity in the Eastern churches. The iconostasis, then, functions as a reminder of the promise of the second coming of Christ, and as a focal point of the hope that that second coming brings to the persecuted church. When the Royal Doors of the iconostasis are open, as they are for much of the Divine Liturgy (and always left open for the entire Liturgy during the Paschal/Easter season during which the Resurrection of Christ is celebrated), the altar is visible. www.arts.ualberta.ca /axismundi/2000/entrances_and_barriers.php   (4190 words)

The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin museums All the icons of the iconostasis, escept two icons of the local row — “The Annunciation of Ustyug” and “Archangel Michael in deeds” — were created by royal painters (“isografs”) in 1679-1681. 1399 and adorned the iconostasis of the ancient Archangel’s Church. Smooth wooden shapes of the pillars of the tree upper tiers combine with exuberant carving of the central part of the iconostasis and its local tier. www.kreml.ru /en/main/museums/archangel/icons   (352 words)

Orthodox Christian Iconography The meaning of the iconostasis is, therefore, not only didactic and symbolic, but it parallels the interpretation of the liturgy. In the last analysis, the iconostasis is not a 'symbol' or an 'object of devotion;' it is the gate through which this world is bound to the other. The first liturgical function of the icon is to establish the contact between the faithful and the world of grace, in the actual ritual, which is in the performance of the liturgy, and by depicting the message of the liturgy. www.suite101.com /article.cfm/orthodox_christianity/9990/5   (625 words)

Iconostasis Iconostasis inhabits a liminal space, hovering somewhere between reverie and spectacle, hesitantly attempting to map the troubled psychic territory of our millenarian obsessions, anxieties, daydreams and nightmares But of the explorers of the infinite and marvellous things of the inmost mind, that which is before thought... Iconostasis was produced for ACT 02, curated by Oliver Frost at the 291 Gallery London, May 2004 www.leeadams.net /Iconostasis.html   (114 words)

Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Typically, to the left of the Beautiful Gate (as seen from the altar) is the icon of Christ, then the icon of St John the Baptist; to the right the icon of the Theotokos, always shown holding Christ; and then the icon of the saint to whom the church is dedicated (i.e., the patron). Above and behind the iconostasis (if the iconostasis does not reach the ceiling) is the Platytera ton Ouranon ("more spacious than the heavens"), the icon of Virgin Mary with Christ blessing all. The area including the altar table at its center, behind the iconostasis: it is the "Holy of Holies" of the church. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy   (10909 words)

Byzantine Icons: The Iconostasis The iconostasis is an altar screen or wall which, in an Orthodox church, separates the Sanctuary from the nave. The iconostasis is the most distinctive feature of an Orthodox church. In the iconostasis, the row with the Deisis, usually the second row from below, is the most important. www.iconsexplained.com /iec/iec_iconostasis.htm   (393 words)

Iconostasis - OrthodoxWiki An iconostasis (also iconostas or icon screen) is a screen or wall which serves as a stable support for icons and marks the boundary between the nave and the altar or sanctuary. There has been historically and continues to be a vast range of styles for iconostases: Some are simply two icons of the Theotokos and the Lord; the most complex, cathedral icon screens have multiple tiers with many icons per tier. The iconostasis is perhaps the most distintive feature of Byzantine rite churches. orthodoxwiki.org /Iconostasis   (460 words)

ALEXANDROS PRESS This is the first comprehensive study of the superb Iconostasis in the Peter and Paul Cathedral, commissioned by Peter the Great (1682-1725). The subjects depicted on the iconostasis were chosen to glorify Peter the Great and his family, and justify his decision to abolish the patriarchate and become head of the Russian church. Julia Gerasimova started her research on the iconostasis in St Petersburg several years ago, where she studied History of Art, and finished it in Holland, the land which was used as base by Peter the Great for his two journeys to Western Europe. www.alexandrospress.com /Iconostasis.htm   (429 words)

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