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Orthodox Terminology
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TABERNACLE - (Gr. Artophorion; Sl. Darochranitelnitsa) 1) An elaborate ark or receptacle kept on the Altar Table, in which the Holy Gifts of the Eucharist are preserved for the communion of the sick, or for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts during Lent.  2) (an appellation of the Theotokos)  The Tabernacle was the place where the Glory of God dwelt. So too, the Glory of God dwelt in the Theotokos the Living Tabernacle (Ex. 40:34).
 

The Sayings of the Fathers

Ease and idleness are the destruction of the soul and they can injure her more than the demons. - Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria
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