prothesis

(noun)

The place in the sanctuary in which the Liturgy of Preparation takes place in the Eastern Orthodox churches.

Related Terms

Examples of prothesis in the following topics:

  • Pottery in the Greek Geometric Period

    • These scenes relate to the funerary aspect of the pot and may depict mourners, a prothesis (a ritual of laying the body out and mourning), or even funerary games and processions.
    • On the Dipylon Krater, two registers depict a processional scene, an ekphora, (the transportation of the body to the cemetery) and the prothesis .
    • The dead man of the prothesis scene is seen on the upper register.
    • The Dipylon Amphora depicts just a prothesis in a wide a register around the pot.

  • Ravenna

    • The apse is flanked by two chapels, the prothesis and the diaconicon, typical for Byzantine architecture.