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A tiered row of seats forming a semicircle in front of the chancel, with the bishop's throne at its centre.
The clergy would sit on the synthronon during the service.
Perspective drawing of a synthronon.
Orlandos A.K., I Xylostegos Palaiochristianiki Basiliki tis Mesogeiakis Lekanis, Bibliothiki tis en Athenais Archaiologikis Etaireias, 35, Athens 1952, p.493, ill.453.
© The Archaeological Society at Athens.
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