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Katholikon
A
Katholikon
or
Catholicon
or
Sobor
(
Slavonic
: съборъ) refers to one of three things in the
Eastern Orthodox Church
:
The
cathedral
of a
diocese
.
The major
church building (temple)
of a
monastery
corresponding to a conventual church in
Western Christianity
.
A large church in a city at which all the faithful of the city gather to celebrate certain important feasts rather than go to their local parish church.
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