Ark is a middle part of the icon board carved out in the center.

Analogion is a special icon-stand.

Ambon – is a special platform in a Christian church, designed for reading the Holy Scripture, singing hymns or preaching.

Assist - in an icon-painting technique of applying gold or silver lines to the wrinkles of garments, angels’ wings, benches, tables and thrones.

Analogion icon - a special small-sized icon placed for veneration by those entering the church. The analogion icons corresponding to a specific calendar feast are placed on the analogion in the middle of the church before the iconostasis.