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Add your E-mail to our Mailing List to receive a notice when we update our web site. | | | | | selected terms: 6 | | page 1 of 1 | | 1. | Narthex | The Greek word literally means a small case. A vestibule, usually a wide one across the front (west end) of a church, considered as a part of the church nave. In the early ages catechumens, … 0.3 KB | | 2. | Nave | In Latin word navis means ship. The body of the church building where the congregation assembles; called nave because the church is often symbolized in art as a ship, and the people pull… 0.3 KB | | 3. | Nicene Creed | The statement of the Christian faith set forth at the Council of Nicea, A.D. 325, and reaffirmed at the Council of Constantinople in 381 A.D. It is used as an alternative to the Apostles' Creed, … 0.3 KB | | 4. | Niche | It is a concavity in the eastern wall of the sanctuary referring to God's bosom that is widely opened to embrace us. In it we can find the icon of our Lord sitting on His throne. In front of t… 0.3 KB | | 5. | Novice | One who is spending a period of time under trial before being professed to a religious order. | | 6. | Nun | The female of monk. A member of a religious order or a group of women living under the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. With the dissemination of Christian ideals in the apostolic age,… 0.4 KB | | | |
