Joachim (Levitsky)
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Levitsky was born in Kiev Province, and trained at the Kiev Spiritual School, the Kiev Seminary and the Kiev Spiritual Academy, completing a doctorate in theology before being ordained a priest on 30
Archbishop Joachim
Royal doors
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The royal doors, holy doors, or beautiful gates are the central doors of the iconostasis in an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church. The sanctuary is separated from the nave by a wooden screen
Gilded Royal Doors carved to represent the Tree of Life (Old wooden church in Chotyniec, Poland).
Elaborate Holy Doors (left) in the Chapel of the Wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos of Smolensk in the Dormition Cathedral, Smolensk, Russia
Ornate Holy Doors at Ipatiev Monastery, Kostroma, Russia. The six medallions on the doors depict the Annunciation (upper right: Theotokos, upper left: Gabriel) and the Four Evangelists.