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What is an iconostasis?

What is an iconostasis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in a church of eastern Christendom.
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Its richly decorated iconostasis is a genuine masterpiece of wood-carving and icon painting.
At Easter time two processional crosses of silver and a Resurrection banner decorate the church outside the iconostasis.
Contrary to the church canons, the master of wood-carving carved their own faces in the iconostasis.
The iconostasis is perhaps the most distintive feature of Byzantine Rite churches.
The screen, or iconostasis, which separates the sanctuary from the nave in contemporary Orthodox churches is a rather late development.
A number of guidelines or rubrics govern which icons are on which parts of the iconostasis, although there is some room for variation.

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