The antimins (from the Greek Ἀντιμήνσιον, Antimension: "instead of the table"), is one of the most important furnishings of the altar in many Eastern...

by a bishop of the same rite was required. In the Byzantine Rite, the antimension, blessed and signed by the bishop, serves a similar function. In contrast...

and the sacred vessels. In the orthodox churches it is covered by the antimension, which also contains the relics of saints. Since the 2nd century the...

Liturgy must be served on an antimension even if the altar has been consecrated and contains relics. When not in use, the antimension is left in place in the...

called the antimension signed by the bishop, which is the permission to the community to gather and to act as the Church. Without the antimension, the priest...

LaBoiteaux Drake (1962), Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania) Antimension Epitaphios (liturgical) Life of Jesus in the New Testament Seven Sorrows...

were attributed to him; Deesis of Saint Simeon and Saint Sava (1712); Antimension of Christ with the Apostles (1724); and two-sided woodcut representing...

Christ at the Divine Liturgy. The Chrism used at Chrismation and the Antimension placed on the Holy Table are also said to be consecrated. Eastern Christians...

Table, and the priest takes the diskos from him and places it on the Antimension. During the Anaphora, only the Lamb is consecrated.[citation needed]...

purple) Look up parament in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Antependium Antimension Altar candle Chancel flowers  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates...