The open apse of the Armenian churches, with its altar covered with candles, contrasts with the hidden holy table of the orthodox church, plain, and concealed behind the high iconostasis with its closed gates.
The church has a beautifuliconostasis of dark olive wood, and a patriarchal throne and pulpit, all probably of the seventeenth century, but which the faithful delight to ascribe to much earlier days.
The iconostasis or image-bearer has generally three doors, one on each side of the central door, beyond which is the principal altar.
The gold iconostasis was aflame with innumerable candles, which surrounded a large one in the centre wound in a narrow strip of gilt paper.
In the iconostasis were the three holy doors--above the middle one a massive cross of gold.
The Mohammedan conquest of course swept away the ornaments of the interior--the ambo, the iconostasisand the holy table.
In front of the iconostasis was an "Entombment," surrounded with young grass amid which little lamps shone.
The iconostasis is of the seventeenth century; the paintings are covered with silver plates.
There is a dome above the centre of the church, and the iconostasis or screen before the altar is ornamented with the usual stiff pictures and carving, but the latter is not to be compared to that in the monastery of St. Stephanos.
The iconostasis has three doors in it; one in the centre, before the holy table, and one on each side.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "iconostasis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
