- The
antimins (from the Gr**** 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...
-
LaBoiteaux Drake (1962),
Church of the Good
Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)
Antimension Epitaphios (liturgical) Life of
Jesus in the New
Testament Seven Sorrows...
- 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]...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Divine Liturgy only with the
blessing of a bishop. In
Byzantine usage, an
antimension signed by the
bishop is kept on the
altar partly as a
reminder of whose...
-
saints (traditionally,
always those of a martyr) are also sewn into the
antimension which is
given to a
priest by his
bishop as a
means of
bestowing faculties...
