The wooden booth in which a Catholic priest hears confession through a grille.
Preotul stă în mijloc, iar credinciosul îngenunchează lateral, vorbind prin grila care îi desparte, pentru discreție. Multe confesionale din bisericile baroce sunt adevărate opere de sculptură în lemn.
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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.
- Baptismal fontThe large vessel in which children are baptised; in Catholic and Protestant churches often a stone basin near the entrance.
- 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.