Icon screen and curtain
A wood or stone screen bears icons between nave and sanctuary, with a curtain used during services.
Tradition note
Coptic Orthodox diocesan teaching example; not the layout of all Oriental churches.
Key points
- The screen expresses communion with the saints and reverence for the Eucharist.
- Central curtain and icon-bearing boundary
Scripture
- John 1:14 — Read the literary context. Later ecclesial reception is supplied by the named source, not established by the passage alone.