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DIACONICON , in the See also: Greek See also: Church, the name given to a chamber on the
See also: south See also: side of the central apse, where the sacred utensils, vessels, &c., of the church were kept
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In the reign of See also: Justin II
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(565-574), owing to a change in the See also: liturgy, the diaconicon and protheses were located in apses at the See also: east end of the aisles
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Before that See also: time there was only one apse
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In the churches in central See also: Syria of slightly earlier date, the diaconicon is rectangular, the side apses at See also: Kalat-Seman having been added at a later date
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