esonarthex การใช้

• The esonarthex ( or inner narthex ) is similar to the exonarthex, running parallel to it.
• The entry is via an esonarthex and an exonarthex ( added much later ) in the west side.
• In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the esonarthex and exonarthex had, and still have, distinct liturgical functions.
• The southern end of the exonarthex opens out through the esonarthex forming a western ante-chamber to the parecclesion.
• Like the exonarthex, the esonarthex is 4 m wide, but it is slightly shorter, 18 m long.
• It is roughly oriented in E-W direction, and has three naves divided by columns and preceded by an esonarthex.
• It is a transverse corridor, 4 m wide and 23 m long, which is partially open on its eastern length into the parallel esonarthex.
• An upper gallery over the esonarthex, following the same plan of the one existing in the Church of the Pantokrator, was removed in 1854.
• Its central, eastern door opens into the naos, whilst another door, at the southern end of the esonarthex opens into the rectangular ante-chamber of the parecclesion.
• At its northern end, a door from the esonarthex leads into a broad west-east corridor that runs along the northern side of the naos and into the prothesis.
• For instance, the procession at the Paschal Vigil will end up at the exonarthex for the reading of the Resurrection Gospel, while certain penitential services are traditionally chanted in the esonarthex.
• The " parekklesion " was erected alongside the southern side of the south church, and was connected with the esonarthex, so that the room surrounds the whole complex on the west and south side.
• A katholikon may have special architectural features in it, such as a kathedra ( episcopal throne ), or both an " esonarthex " ( inner-narthex ) and " exonarthex " ( outer narthex ), used for special services such as the Paschal vigil or a lity.
• In early Christian churches the narthex was often divided into two distinct parts : an esonarthex ( inner narthex ), between the west wall and the body of the church proper, separated from the nave and aisles by a wall, arcade, colonnade, screen or rail, and an external closed space, the exonarthex ( outer narthex ), a court in front of the church facade delimited on all sides by a colonnade as in the first Byzantiine Chora Church.