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2. Monastery of Saint Pishoy - Wikipedia

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   Currently, it serves primarily as a storage area and replaced an earlier structure that collapsed at an unknown time. The eastern end of the church is divided by a wall partition into two altars, each covered by a small dome. Both altars feature a rectangular marble slab situated above the altar table. [44]

3. Small Basilica, Plovdiv - Wikipedia

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   The basilica was built in the second half of the 5th century AD and contained rich architectural decoration including a marble colonnade between the naves, a marble altar screen, a pulpit, and a synthronon in the altar apse. The total length of the building is 20 m and its width is 13 m.

4. Densuș Church - Wikipedia

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   The 3 meters long altar is semi-circular, the positioning of the altar table suggests the iconostasis initially had two entrances. The building itself is made from various Roman ruins materials: columns posts and pedestals, limestone blocks, marble blocks, tiles and terra cotta pipes, bound by raw stone and sometimes bricks, and on the roof ...

5. Credence table - Wikipedia

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   An elaborate Rococo credence table with marble top. A credence table is a small side table in the sanctuary of a Christian church which is used in the celebration of the Eucharist (Latin credens, -entis, believer). The credence table is usually placed near the wall on the epistle (south) side of the sanctuary, and may be covered with a fine ...

6. Reredos - Wikipedia

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   While a reredos generally forms or covers the wall behind an altar, [2] a retable is placed either on the altar or immediately behind and attached to the altar. "Many altars have both a reredos and a retable." [3] But this distinction may not always be observed. The retable may have become part of the reredos when an altar was moved away from ...

7. Basilica of St. Sebastian, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto - Wikipedia

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   Fourth bay: Altar dedicated to the Patriarch Saint Joseph brought from the old church (end of the 16th or early 17th century). The altarpiece is a 1942 painting of Saint Joseph by Santa Rugolo. The elevation is pilasters surmounted by a symmetrical arched pediment with central stele. The altar table has a precious marble frontal.