Proskynetarion

Proskynetarion

A proskynetarion (Greek προσκυνησις meaning "oratory" or "place of worship", plural proskynetaria) is a monumental icon usually of Christ, the Virgin, or the patron saint of a church. It was normally placed on the piers separating the parts of a templon in a Byzantine church. The were usually made of mosaic or fresco in a marble frame. Proskynetaria of patron saints were often in the narthex or on the nave walls.

It can also mean a small roadside shrine, containing an icon.

External links

* [http://www.argolis.de/proskinitaria.htm Roadside "proskynetaria" by the German photogrpaher Wilfried Jakisch]


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