Christian religious objects

thumb|upright=1.25|The Ladder of Divine Ascent (icon)|Ladder of Divine Ascent depicts monks ascending to [[Jesus in heaven in the top right. 12th century, Saint Catherine's Monastery.]]

right|thumb|Codex Manesse, fol. 292v, "The Schoolmaster of Esslingen" (Der Schulmeister von Eßlingen)

thumb|Crucifixion of Jesus at the winged triptych at the Church of the Teutonic Order, Vienna|Church of the Teutonic Order in Vienna, Austria. Woodcarvings by an anonymous master; polychromy by [[Jan van Wavere, Mechelen, signed 1520. This altarpiece was originally made for St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk, and came to Vienna in 1864.]]

locked box in which, in some Christian churches, the Eucharist is stored

thumb|The pulpit of the Notre-Dame de Revel in Revel, Haute-Garonne|Revel, [[Haute-Garonne, France]] thumb|upright|Pulpit at Blenduk Church in [[Semarang, Indonesia, with large sounding board and cloth antependium ]] thumb|"Two-decker" pulpit in an abandoned Welsh chapel, with reading desk below thumb|upright|1870 Gothic Revival oak pulpit, [[Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland]] upright|thumb|Ambo, in the modern Catholic sense, in Austria thumb|upright|19th-century wooden pulpit in Canterbury Cathedral A pulpit is an elevated stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is

symbol of advent period

partition between the chancel and nave found in medieval church architecture

thumb|right|Glass vessel etched with the letters SC for sanctum chrisma containing chrism for the Catholic Church

thumb|A single chain thurible, as used by some Western churches right|thumb|Stained glass window depiction of a thurible, St. Ignatius Church, [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts]] thumb|Clockwise from upper left: Thurible, cup from inside thurible, incense boat, charcoal holder, and tongs|185x185px

thumb|250px|A ceremonial cornerstone from 1907, at the side of a building in Lasówka, Poland A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.

thumb|right|250px|The altar in St Mary's Anglican Church, Redcliffe, Bristol, England. It is decorated with an elaborate frontal in green, a colour typically associated with the seasons after Epiphany and [[Pentecost.]] An antependium (from Latin ante- and pendēre, "to hang before"; : antependia), also known as a pulpit fall, parament or hanging, or, when speaking specifically of the hanging for the altar, an altar frontal (Latin: pallium altaris), is a decorative piece, usually of textile, but also metalwork, stone or other material, that can adorn a Christian altar. It may also apply to the

shorter collection of Bible verses divided after the Sundays and holidays of the lithurgical calendar

thumb|Catholic thurible, or chain censer, designed for swinging thumb|Censer from Tibet, late 19th century, silver

Special church door during Jubilee years in the catholic church

thumb|16th-century double piscina at the Franciscan friary in Kilconnell, Ireland A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Lutherans and Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Catholics and Lutherans, a sacrarium is "special sink used for the reverent disposal of sacred substances. This sink has a cover, a basin, and a special pipe and drain that empty directly into the earth, rather than into the sewer system" (USCCB, Built of Living Sto

small Christian worship space

Christian prayer book

thumb|The currently used Botafumeiro, made in 2013.

thumb|Ancient Egyptian flabella (top center) and lotus motifs. 1868, New York Public Library|NYPL picture collection A flabellum (plural flabella), in Christian liturgical use, is a fan made of metal, leather, silk, parchment or feathers, intended to keep away insects from the consecrated Body and Blood of Christ and from the priest, as well as to show honour. The ceremonial use of such fans dates back to Ancient Egypt, and an example was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. A flabellum is also a fan-shaped structure on the fifth legs of horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura).

envelope-like cover for a corporal or altar cloth

central doors of the iconostasis in an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church

eastern Orthodox and Catholic liturgical candlesticks

type of votive offering in Christianity

apparel bearing a symbol of Christianity

thumb|A 14th-century lavabo as a niche (architecture)|niche recessed into the side wall of a sanctuary in [[Amblie, Normandy]] A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands. It consists normally of a ewer or container of some kind to pour water, and a bowl to catch the water as it falls off the hands. In ecclesiastical usage it refers to all of: the basin in which the priest washes their hands; the ritual that surrounds this action in the Catholic Mass; and the architectural feature or fitting where a basin or place for one is recessed into the side wall of the sanctuary,

thumb|Icon of [[Our Lady of Kazan covered with a gilded silver riza.]] thumb|Riza removed from its icon.

thumb|Chalice veil with bursa and maniple in the liturgical colour red Paraments or parements (from Late Latin paramentum, "adornment", parare, "to prepare", "equip") are both the hangings or ornaments of a room of state, and the ecclesiastical vestments. Paraments include the liturgical hangings on and around the altar, such as altar cloths, as well as the cloths hanging from the pulpit and lectern, and in the ecclesiastical vestments category they include humeral veils and mitres.

thumb|300px|Red banner embroidered with an icon of a saint ([[Church of St. Gabriel, Nazareth).]] Khorugv (, , , , , , , sometimes translated as gonfalon) is a religious banner used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.

role of holy water in Eastern Christianity

containers used in church services

Tabot (, sometimes spelled tabout) is a replica of the Ark of the Covenant, and represents the presence of God, in Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches. Tabot may variously refer to an inscribed altar tablet (tsellat or tsilit; Ge'ez: ጽላት tsallāt, modern ṣellāt), the chest in which this tablet is stored (menbere-tabot, or throne of the tabot), or to the tablet and chest together.

a small rug on which Byzantine-rite bishops stand during divine liturgy and other services

three cards placed on the altar during the Tridentine Mass

a small shrine kept in the home of a Christian family

thumb|upright|Cruet bottle, 1780–1800, V&A Museum no. 118-1907

set of prayer beads developed in 1995 by Swedish bishop Martin Lönnebo

water which flows from a spring in Lourdes, France, considered holy

Table used in Protestant churches

decorated comb used ceremonially in medieval European Christianity

type of finger ring

cloth which covers a casket or coffin during the funeral, often of rich materials

instrument of benediction

Rosary consisting of seven decades in commemoration of the Seven Joys of the Virgin

Salt used in Christian worship