The altar is a three-tiered square platform built of white marble, its shape symbolizing the ancient notion that the earth is square. There are four stone staircases, one on each side, leading up ...

The 17th century oak pulpit stands near the steps up to the Sacrarium. At a coronation ceremony, the ancient Coronation Chair stands facing the High Altar and the anointing and crowning take place ...

TASS/. An ancient Greek altar untypical of Greek colonies on the Black Sea coast has been unearthed at the site of the antique city of Phanagoria on the Taman Peninsula in Russia's southern ...