Sanctuary?

[Jack Kollmann]

There's a slight confusion here between Russian and English.  The English
"altar" is in Russian "prestol" (throne).  The Russian "altar'" is rendered
variously in English as "sanctuary," "chancel," or "bema."  The Russian
"prestol" refers to God's/Christ's throne.

Jack Kollmann
Stanford University


At 12:09 AM 2/23/02 -0800, you wrote:
>I believe the English is "altar", not sanctuary.
>
>Hoyte King
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