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[[Image:Solea_View.jpg|thumb|Solea view: Icons by Elias Damianakis www.orthodoxiconography.com]]Even though it is part of the nave, the Orthodox faithful laity are careful not to casually stand on the Ambon. They only stand there to receive the [[Holy Mysteries]]. If they need to walk from one side of the soleas to the other, they step down from soleas, rather than walking across the Ambon.
The '''Ambon''' (Amvon, or Ambo), in an Orthodox church building, is the space immediately in front of the [[Royal Doors]]. It is the place where the [[Gospel]] is normally read and the [[sermon]] is given. In many churches, the ambo has one or more curved steps between it and the lower part of the [[nave]]. The entire elevated place in front of the [[Iconostasis]] is called the [[solea]].
==Holy space==
==Episcopal ambo==
In a [[cathedral]] there is usually a low platform in the center of the nave called the '''episcopal ambo''' or sometimes the Kathedra. This is where the [[bishop]] is vested prior to the [[Divine Liturgy]] and where he is enthroned until the [[Little Entrance]]. If the bishop is serving in a simple parish church, an episcopal ambo is set temporarily in place.
