βημόθυρο

English translation: Bema door

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Greek term or phrase:	βημόθυρο
English translation:	Bema door
Entered by:	Spiros Doikas

23:22 Nov 5, 2008

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Tourism & Travel / οδοιπορικο στη μακεδονία - Θράκη

Greek term or phrase: βημόθυρο

Στα Αβδηρα ξεχωρίζει ο ναός της Αγίας Παρασκευής, κτίσμα του 1700 με ενδιαφέρουσες τοιχογραφίες, αξιόλογο ξυλόγλυπτο τέμπλο και βημόθυρο.

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Bema door

Explanation:
βημόθυρο το [vimóθiro] O42 : η Ωραία Πύλη του χριστιανικού ναού. || (συνήθ. πληθ.) καθένα από τα δύο φύλλα της Ωραίας Πύλης. [λόγ. < ελνστ. βημόθυρον]
http://www.google.gr/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m...

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http://www.google.gr/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m...

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And here is a description: http://cds.lib.auth.gr/cgi-bin/cds/search?id=28694
And a picture: http://cds.lib.auth.gr/submit/archive/ATA/ata-2005-1233.pdf

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Spiros Doikas
Local time: 19:48

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Bema door

Spiros Doikas

royal doors/ holy doors/ beautiful gate

Krisztina Lelik

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Bema door

Spiros Doikas
Local time: 19:48
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4 days confidence:

royal doors/ holy doors/ beautiful gate

Explanation:
The Royal Doors, Holy Doors, or Beautiful Gates are the central doors of the Iconostasis in an Eastern Orthodox or Greek-Catholic Church.
These doors should be called the "Beautiful Gate"[3], and in Greek this is the only term used, although the official English sites of the Ecumenical Patriarchate [1], the Orthodox Church in America [2] and the Antiochian Orthodox Church [3] all use the term "Royal Doors".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Doors

Έψαξα κι εγώ, γιατί προφανώς μεταφράζουμε το ίδιο κείμενο (εγώ στα ουγγαρέζικα). Αφού το κείμενο είναι τουριστικό, γραμμένο σ`ένα ευρύτερο κοινό και όχι σε ιστορικούς ή ιστορικούς τέχνης, μάλλον ο αναγνώστης θα καταλαβαίνει καλύτερα τις λέξεις "royal doors" ή "holy doors".

There is an icon of Saint Panteleimon on the very fine woodcarved templon and a double-headed eagle on the royal doors leading into the sanctuary.
http://www.ec-patr.org/afieroma/churches/show.php?lang=en&id...

Krisztina Lelik
Greece
Local time: 19:48
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Hungarian

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