List of liturgical implements of the Orthodox Church

This list of liturgical implements of the Orthodox Church includes objects that belong to the furnishings of churches of the Byzantine Rite .

image	designation	Greek	Russian	description
	Chalice	Ποτήριον Potírion	Потир Potír	Communion chalice.
	Discos	Δίσκος Dískos	Дискос Dískos	Round bread bowl with one foot. On the disc, the bread particles are arranged around the "lamb".
	Asterisk	Αστερίσκος Asterískos	Звездица Zvezdíca	“Star bar” that is placed on the discos so that the blankets spread over them do not shift the order of the bread particles.
	spoon	Λαβίς Lavís	Лжица Lzhíca	Communion spoon to distribute the prophore particles soaked with wine. The basic meaning of Lavís (Λαβίς) is "pliers", cf. Isa 6,6-7  LUT .
	"Lance"	Λόγχη Lónchi	Копие Copy	“Lance” for cutting out particles from the Eucharistic bread (Prosphora).
	Small goblet with handle	Ζέον Zéon	Төплота Teplotá	Vessel for mixing warm water and wine.
		Σπόγγος Spóngos	Губка Gúbka	Sponge used to wipe crumbs from the disc into the goblet.
			Tarelochki Tarelochki	Two plates on which the “lamb” and the bread particles are placed before they are placed on the disc. Seen on the outside of the photo.
	Rhipidion	Ῥιπίδιον Rhipídion	Рипида Ripida	Liturgical subject; With these fans - thin metal disks, mounted on a long pole - on which the six-winged seraphim are depicted, the holy gifts are fanned during the episcopal service.
	Gift container, large artophorion	Κιβωτός Kivotós	Дарохранительница Darochranítelnica	Container, often as a miniature coffin under a small canopy, to hold the Prosphora for Communion on the altar (cf. the ciborium in the western church).
	Gift bearer, small artophorion	Ἀρτοφόριον Artofórion	Дароносица Daronósica	Transport device for communion with sick people, contains goblet, gift capsule and wine bottle.
	Altar cross, also throne cross	Σταυρός Αγιασμού Stavrós Agiasmoú		This little cross is on the altar.
	Hand or blessing cross of the priest.	Σταυρός Ευλογίας Stavrós Evlogías	Крест напрестольный Krest naprestolnyj	This little cross is on the altar.
	Gospels
	Analogy	Ἀναλόγιον Analógion	Аналой Analój	Raised table on which the gospels or icons are placed.
	Processional cross			This large cross is usually behind the altar.
	Holy water vessel		Чаша водосвятная Tschascha vodosvjatnaja	Large vessel with a round base
	Baptismal font	Κολυμβήθρα Kolimvíthra	Купе́ль Kupjel '	Vessel with consecrated water, in which the child is completely submerged three times ( full-body baptism ).
	Oil vessel			For the anointing of the person to be baptized with oil.
	Myron vessel		Алавастр Alavastr	For the anointing of the person to be baptized with Myron.
	Wedding crowns or wreaths		Венцы Vency	The crowns or wreaths are held over the heads of the bride and groom during the wedding ceremony.
	Liturgical flags and standards	Λάβαρα Lávara		These are worn in processions.
	Lite device		Литийный прибор Litijnyj pribor	Metal bowl on which five loaves of bread are placed during the lite (part of the festival vigil); Below are vessels for wheat, wine and oil, and behind it a three-armed candlestick. The foods are blessed.
	Lantern			Is worn in processions.
	Seven-armed candlestick	Polycandelion	Semisvetschnik, Svetílnik	This candlestick is usually behind the altar.
	Big candlesticks			These candlesticks stand in front of the icons: there is usually a large candle in the middle
	Lecture chandelier	Lychnía	Podsvétschnik	Candle presented to the bishop, the gospel book and the Eucharistic gifts.
	Dikirion			Candlestick for two candles. Only at a church service led by the bishop.
	Trikirion	Trikirion	Trikiri	Candlestick for three candles. Only at a church service led by the bishop.
	Polycandilon			Candlesticks with seven or twelve candles.
	Pankandilon		Паникадило Pankandilo	Candlesticks with more than twelve candles.
	Choros	Χορός Chorós	Хорос Choros	Ceiling chandelier in the form of a hoop set with candles.
	Hanging lamps	Καντήλια Kandília		These are hung in front of the icons, with a candle or with oil.
	Censer	Θυμιατήριον Thymiatírion	Кадило Kadílo
	lavabo	Χερνιβόξεστο Chernivóxesto		For washing the bishop's hand.

literature

• Andrej Lorgus, Michail Dudko: Orthodox faith book. Introduction to the life of faith and prayer in the Russian Orthodox Church. The Christian East, 2nd edition Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-927894-33-8 . ( online )
• Euchologion of the Orthodox Catholic Church. Translated from the original Greek text with consistent consideration of the Alslavian translation into German by Michael Rajewsky, archpriest at the kaiserl. Russian Embassy in Vienna. Vienna, 1861. ( online )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Euchologion of the Orthodox Catholic Church , Vienna 1861, p. Xv.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Hans-Dieter Döpmann : The Orthodox Churches in Past and Present . Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010, p. 127.
3. ↑ labis. In: Typika. Portail de l 'Archeology Paléochrétienne et Byzantine. University of Freiburg, accessed on July 25, 2019 . 
4. ^ Konrad Onasch : Introduction to denominational studies of the orthodox churches , Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1962, p. 104.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Euchologion of the Orthodox Catholic Church , Vienna 1861, p. Xvi.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Eugen Hämmerle, Heinz Ohme, Klaus Schwarz: Approaches to Orthodoxy . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2nd edition, Göttingen 1989 (= Bensheimer Hefte No. 68), p. 66.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Konrad Onasch : Introduction to denominational studies of the Orthodox churches , Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1962, p. 103.