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A '''tabernacle''', also known as an '''artophorion''', is a container on the altar table of an Orthodox Christian Church specifically utilized used to reserve the [[Eucharist]], the presence of [[Jesus Christ]].

In the [[Orthodox Church]], the reserve sacrament is kept in the tabernacle on the [[altar]] table at all times. The tabernacle is usually elaborately decorated, normally wrought with gold, silver, or wood and precious adornments. The tabernacle is often shaped like a miniature church building. Every year on [[Holy Week#Holy Thursday|Holy Thursday]], the priest consumes whatever is left of the reserve sacrament and places some of the sacrament left over from the Holy Thursday [[Divine Liturgy]] into the tabernacle. The presence of Christ in the tabernacle is always indicated by a [[Vigil lamp|vigil lamp]], burning perpetually.