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