Word of the Day - Narthex

[debodun]

Narthex (noun) -the antechamber or porch in a church.

The pastor stood in the narthex to greet incoming worshipers.

 

[Kaila]

The narthex seems like a unique space, where one might pause to transition oneself, from one environment into the other, in either direction.

 

[Geezerette]

I know of churches that refer to the “lobby” area between the entrance and the worship area as the “narthex”

 

[Paco Dennis]

The Narthex as a Dynamic Place of Transformation - Saint John the Baptist​