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The '''Refectory''' in Orthodox Church usage generally refers to the dining room in [[monastery|monasteries]]. These dining facilities are also called '''trapezarion'''.  
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'''''Refectory''''' in Orthodox Church usage generally refers to the dining room in a [[monastery]]. This dining facility is also called a '''trapeza''' (Greek: literally "table," also "refectory").  
  
While the refectory may be a free standing building, at times the dining hall is joined to an extension of the building in which [[altar]] '''hagia trapeza'' is placed as in regular [[church]] buildings. An example is the Trapeza at the [[Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra]] north of Moscow, Russia.
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Some refectories may be free-standing buildings. Alternately, a refectory is joined to an extension of the building in which the [[altar]] is placed, as in regular [[church]] buildings. An example is the trapeza at the [[Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra]] north of Moscow, Russia.
  
==External link==
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==External links==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refectory  Wikipedia: Refectory]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refectory  Wikipedia: Refectory]
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*[http://www.musobl.divo.ru/refect_e.html The Refectory with the Church of St. Sergius (1686-1692)]
  
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Revision as of 13:01, June 2, 2008

Refectory in Orthodox Church usage generally refers to the dining room in a monastery. This dining facility is also called a trapeza (Greek: literally "table," also "refectory").

Some refectories may be free-standing buildings. Alternately, a refectory is joined to an extension of the building in which the altar is placed, as in regular church buildings. An example is the trapeza at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra north of Moscow, Russia.

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