Synthronon (Greek: σύνθρονον; plural: σύνθρονα, synthrona) is a semicircular tiered structure at the back of the altar in the liturgical apse of an Eastern...

some of the mosaics in Hagia Sophia. Hagia Irene also holds a synthronon. Synthronons are rows of built benches that are arranged in a semicircle in...

in entrance of Hagia Sophia in İznik Interior of Hagia Sophia in Iznik Synthronon in choir area of Hagia Sophia in İznik View of secondary dome in Hagia...

smashed into pieces, and a "woman laden with sins" sang and danced on the synthronon. He adds that mules and donkeys were brought into the cathedral's sanctuary...

rituelle des Hebreux. Gall, August von [de] (1898). Altisraelitische Kultstätten. Orthodox bishop seated at the High Place Synthronon ancient church in Paros...

altar there was another revival from the early church chancel, a great synthronon for priests that surrounded the apse. Because Massachusetts had two bishops...

nave's eastern terminus ended in a semicircular hemidomed apse with a synthronon. The basilica was magnificently appointed according to its importance...

renovation, the two aisle apses that appear today were built. Also, the synthronon that fills the central apse was created and the crypt was placed under...

apse with the patriarch's throne at the middle eastern point formed the synthronon. The two smaller compartments and apses at the sides of the bema were...

modifications. The central arch is semi-circular and has an internal synthronon, which suggests that the temple dates from the early Christian era. A...

Annunciation, and was probably an early Christian basilica, of which only the synthronon and the episcopal throne in the semi-circular sanctuary conch survive...

sanctuary apse on the east. The apse was furnished with a four-stepped synthronon—a bench reserved for the clergy—a feature unattested elsewhere in Georgia...

marble colonnade between the naves, a marble altar screen, a pulpit, and a synthronon in the altar apse. The total length of the building is 20 m and its width...

stands in the central bay, or bema, which is sometimes provided with a synthronon, or bench, where the clergy may sit. The prothesis is used for the preparation...

Synods of Rome (731) Synopsis Chronike (Skoutariotes) Syntagma Canonum Synthronon Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse, 827–828 Siege of Syracuse, 868 Siege of Syracuse...

altar from the cella (naos). It is unclear whether the church housed a synthronon (stone benches for the clergy) in the apse, as there are doubts that its...

columns. The nave ended with a single apse in the east. The apse had a synthronon and the floor is decorated by mosaics with geometrical patterns. The basilica...

were eventually attached. The excavations uncovered the remains of the synthronon (seats for the clergy, a cathedra), the altar foundation, the chancel...

design; the middle apse, the largest of the three, houses a three-tiered synthronon (stone benches for the clergy). The western section of the church includes...

floor is covered with marble tiles of various sizes. A relatively low Synthronon is integrated into the apse. In front of the west side of the central...

in two distinctive horseshoe-shaped apses, the larger of which had a synthronon. The church had a wooden roof with ceramic tiles, held in place with nails...

four-stepped adobe synthronon (stone benches for the clergy) were added during the second period of construction in the 13th century. The synthronon fits inside...

Byzantine spolia are incorporated in the present structure, along with the synthronon of the old episcopal cathedral, which permitted the secure identification...