The large vessel in which children are baptised; in Catholic and Protestant churches often a stone basin near the entrance.
La ortodocși, cristelnița este un vas mare de metal, adus în mijlocul bisericii la Botez, în care copilul este cufundat de trei ori. În bisericile catolice și protestante vechi, cristelnița este de piatră sau bronz, adesea sculptată, așezată la intrare, pentru că Botezul este „ușa” Bisericii.
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- Altar (Catholic and Lutheran)The stone or wooden table on which the Eucharist is celebrated, visible to all; Catholic churches often have side altars too.
- AntidoronThe pieces of blessed bread given to the faithful at the end of the Liturgy; it is not Communion.
- AntimensionA cloth consecrated by the bishop, showing the burial of Christ; the Liturgy cannot be celebrated without it.
- CandleThe faithful light candles on entering the church: separately for the living and for the departed.
- CenserThe metal vessel on chains in which incense burns; the priest censes the icons and the faithful.
- ChaliceThe consecrated cup, usually of precious metal, holding the wine for the Eucharist.