page_title: Icon corner
hierarchical_section_title: Icon corner
context_page_description: The icon corner, or red corner, is a small worship space prepared in the homes of Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Christians. The analogous concept in Western Christianity is the home altar.
context_section_description: The icon corner, or red corner, (Greek: εικονοστάσι and Russian: Кра́сный у́гол - Krásnyj úgol - meaning red, bright-shining, or beautiful corner) is a small worship space prepared in the homes of Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Christians. The analogous concept in Western Christianity is the home altar.
caption: The Sick Man by Vasili Maximov (1881), portrays a woman kneeling in prayer before the icon corner (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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