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The
early iconostasis of the church was made of marble. A wooden one
was later found behind it, when the first was pulled down. It
measures 3.30m by 0.205m by 0.085m. It is made of heavy wood,
probably chestnut tree wood. It is decorated with an ancient style
relief tendril. Its stem traces out wide waves and has big grapes
and strange twin vine leaves, which remind us of the Mycenean
shields.
In the middle there is a circle with
a cross within it and flowers on either side. Two bunches of grapes
with three grapes each begin from the center of the cross. The
tendrils begin from the bottom of the circle. The empty spaces
between the waves of the stem are successively covered with:
- two twin leaves, one on top of the other, and big
grapes,
- two twin leaves, two smaller ones on the left and
a flower similar to the one in the middle of the circle and
- two twin leaves with a vertical stem, a flower
on the left and two twin leaves with a horizontal stem.
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