Locker for icons, purpose and features, placement rules

Not every religious person can boast of spacious housing with a large number of rooms. For this reason, far from everyone can select a separate room for placing icons. But there is still a way out of this situation: you can purchase a special locker for icons, which will conveniently arrange all religious objects.

Purpose and features

The cabinet for icons is a special furniture that allows you to organize a corner for accessing the Almighty at a minimum of free space. You can simply place the icons on the open shelves of the rack or place them inside the sideboard cabinet with glass facades. This solution is not always convenient. Dust accumulates on open shelves, and often getting icons out of a closed cabinet can be inconvenient. In addition, many people try to store icons with candles, a lamp, prayer books. You can do this if you pick up a glass cabinet for icons in the house.

Such furniture often has a pair of compartments, the first of which is represented by shelves and is intended for images, and the second is closed on the door. Such a box is used to store especially important church shrines, church-related accessories (candles, lamps, literature about Christ). The facade at the bottom of the drawer can be decorated in various ways, but more often than others put drawings in the form of a cross or other Orthodox ornaments.

In other words, a product of this kind allows you to organize a convenient, separate space for prayer in a small space.

Varieties of designs

Today, the buyer can pick up a convenient glazed cabinet for icons of various configurations in the house. We describe the most popular options:

if the room has a corner free from other furniture, you can buy a corner cabinet for it. It will have the shape of a triangle, if you look at the model from above. Such furniture is spacious, allows you to adjust the shape of the room, but does not look bulky, does not burden the space;
if the cabinet is planned to be installed in the room along one of the walls, then it is better to choose a standard rectangular model. Such designs are spacious, practical to use, attractive in appearance.

Straight

Angular

Where to post

Since it is customary to say a prayer facing the east, placing a cabinet with icons in the house is also facing the east. If it is not possible to orient the icons to the east, the product is installed in any place available for this. Often, lockers for icons are installed in the corner of the room. If there is no corner free from other furniture, you can put it directly along the wall.

The main rule: before the icons there should be enough free space for a person who wants to pray.

Selection tips

When choosing a cabinet for icons, it is important to pay attention to details. This will make the right choice and not spend a lot of money on the purchase of low-quality products.

Selection factor	Characteristic
Shape and size	Measure the space in the room by determining the actual dimensions of the cabinet. Also appreciate how many religious accessories and literature are at your disposal. This will make it clear whether you need a large cabinet, or if there will be a fairly small model.
Quality	Pay attention to the quality of materials, accessories, model assembly. The slightest flaws can adversely affect the durability of the product.
Cost	Do not try to find the cheapest design, since, most likely, low cost is achieved by saving on quality.