Perpetual Lamp (Star)

Perpetual Lamp (Star)
The lamp that is hanged in the niche.

Dictionary of church terms. — St. GEORGE'S COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH SPORTING - ALEXANDRIA EGYPT. .

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