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The '''''Refectory''''' in Orthodox Church usage generally refers to the dining room in a [[monastery|monasteries]]. These This dining facilities are facility is also called a '''trapezariontrapeza'''(Greek: literally "table," also "refectory").
While the refectory Some refectories may be a free -standing buildingbuildings. Alternately, at times the dining hall a refectory is joined to an extension of the building in which the [[altar]] '''hagia trapeza'' is placed , as in regular [[church]] buildings. An example is the Trapeza trapeza at the [[Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra]] north of Moscow, Russia.
==External linklinks==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refectory Wikipedia: Refectory]
*[http://www.musobl.divo.ru/refect_e.html The Refectory with the Church of St. Sergius (1686-1692)]
[[Category: Monasteries]]
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