iconostasis

/ahy-kuh-nos-tuh-sis/US // ˌaɪ kəˈnɒs tə sɪs //UK // (ˌaɪkəʊˈnɒstəsɪs) //

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plural i·co·nos·ta·ses [ahy-kuh-nos-tuh-seez]. /ˌaɪ kəˈnɒs təˌsiz/. Eastern Church.
- : a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.

The Mohammedan conquest of course swept away the ornaments of the interior—the ambo, the iconostasis and the holy table.
In the iconostasis were the three holy doors—above the middle one a massive cross of gold.
In front of the iconostasis was an "Entombment," surrounded with young grass amid which little lamps shone.
At Easter time two processional crosses of silver and a Resurrection banner decorate the church outside the iconostasis.
The iconostasis is of the seventeenth century; the paintings are covered with silver plates.