Iconostasis facts for kids
Iconostasis is the name given to a "wall" of icons in Eastern Orthodox Churches. These icons or religious paintings divide the church into a part for the public, and one which is reserved to priests, called the sanctuary.
Images for kids
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Five-panel Deesis row (center), Iconostasis in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow Kremlin by Theophanes the Greek, 1405
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Mid-17th-century iconostasis at Ipatiev Monastery. To either side of the Holy Doors are Christ Pantokrator and the Theotokos; above them, the Great Feasts; above them, the Deesis; above that Prophets to either side of Our Lady of the Sign; above them the Apostles to either side of the Holy Trinity.
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A Moscow Baroque icon screen in the Trinity Lavra in Sergeyev Posad
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Iconostasis at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois
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A six-row iconostasis at Uglich Cathedral in Russia. North Deacon's Door (left) and Holy Doors (right).
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Fedorov's Deesis, recently added to the retroquire screen at Winchester Cathedral, England. The differently situated rood screens of Western medieval churches often achieved an effect comparable to the iconostasis.
See also
In Spanish: Iconostasio para niños
