antimins
The antimins (from the Greek Ἀντιμήνσιον, Antimension: "instead of the table"), is a special corporal required to be on the altar in many Eastern Christian liturgical traditions. It was originally used as a portable version of an altar. It is a rectangular piece of cloth of either linen or silk, typically decorated with representations of the Descent of Christ from the Cross, the Four Evangelists, and inscriptions related to the Passion.
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The antimins (from the Greek Ἀντιμήνσιον, Antimension: "instead of the table"), is a special corporal required to be on the altar in many Eastern Christian liturgical traditions. It was originally used as a portable version of an altar. It is a rectangular piece of cloth of either linen or silk, typically decorated with representations of the Descent of Christ from the Cross, the Four Evangelists, and inscriptions related to the Passion.
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Syriac practice
A small relic of a martyr is sewn into it. In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, an altar stone serves a similar function. In the Coptic Church and Syriac Church, it has been replaced by a wooden altar-board or altar-slab.
A wooden tablet, the ţablîtho, is the liturgical equivalent of the antimins in the churches of Syriac tradition.
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- 1.Nelle Chiese ortodosse Orientali, una entrata o grande ingresso è una processione durante la quale il clero entra nel Presbiterio attraverso la "Porta Santa", la porta centrale dell'Iconostasi.
- 2.Spiegazione di culto ortodosso, riti e sacramenti. Beato Simeone di Tessalonica. p.136. Publl. Orans. 2010.
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