Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation - Table of Contents

The Royal Gates and Mystical Supper Icon
Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation

146 West Utica Street, Buffalo, NY 14222

Iconostasis: Icons left of the Royal Gates   ..... The Royal Gates and Mystical Supper Icon .....  Icons right of the Royal Gates  




Iconostasis  ..... Icon


Mystical Supper Icon

It is also not uncommon to find an icon of the Mystical Supper, which depicts the Last Supper  somewhere above the Beautiful Gates.







Royal Doors

The iconostasis typically has three openings or sets of doors:
Royal Doors (Royal Gates, Holy Doors, Beautiful Gates) are in the center. The Royal Gates represent the entrance from the temporal world to the spiritual between which the priests pass during the service. The church represents heaven on earth.





Double-headed eagle



Special thanks for the Rev. Protopresbyter James A. Doukas for his cooperation.

Photos and their arrangement © 2010 Chuck LaChiusa
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