ARTOPHORION (Ἀρτοφόριον). - In the Eastern Church it denotes the receptacle of the Most Holy Eucharist, which is for the most part kept in a tabernacle in the form of a small church, above the high altar or above that of the prothesis. In many places, however, it is kept in a vessel shaped like an apple, suspended from the baldachin of the high altar. The lamp that must burn always, tume inestinguibile, between the apse conch and the altar, is not so much intended for the artophorion as for the whole sanctuary. Placido de Meester
Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Liturgy
Artophorion (Ἀρτοφόριον)
ARTOFORIO (ἈΡΤΟΦΌΡΙΟΝ)
Also known as: Greek: ἀρτοφόριον
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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 70.
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De, Meester Placido. “Artoforio (ἈΡΤΟΦΌΡΙΟΝ).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 70. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/artoforio-artophorion.
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De, Meester Placido. “Artoforio (ἈΡΤΟΦΌΡΙΟΝ).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 70. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/artoforio-artophorion.
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@incollection{ec2_artoforio_artophorion,
author = {De, Meester Placido},
title = {Artoforio (ἈΡΤΟΦΌΡΙΟΝ)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {70},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/artoforio-artophorion}
}
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