The bodies or parts of the bodies of saints, kept with honour in reliquaries.
Moaștele sunt păstrate în racle (cutii împodobite, de lemn sau metal) și sunt așezate în biserici și mănăstiri. Multe biserici au părticele de moaște în Sfânta Masă sau în antimis.
Printre cele mai cunoscute moaște din România: Sfânta Parascheva (Iași), Sfântul Dimitrie cel Nou (București), Sfântul Ioan cel Nou (Suceava).
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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.
- 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.
- ChaliceThe consecrated cup, usually of precious metal, holding the wine for the Eucharist.