and it began to expand, by the 6th century we know that the partition sprouted colonnettes, and eventually, they surmounted it with an entablature and then began to place icons, representations of holy images, directly on top. and then by the 15th century, in fact, especially in russia and yugoslavia, these sanctuary barriers reached five rows. that one i'm standing in front of presently has two rows. the lowest row is called a local row. it's low and it's rather assessable for those who wish to venerate these icons. what you see here are representations of isolated saints which are standing and, in fact, in this row, there is a certain amount of flexibility in your choice of the participants, in the choice of your subject matter. in the center, the two center-most images which flank the sanctuary represent on the right hand christ in the blue robe, and across the way on the left is the virgin with the christ child, but that is traditional. that's an established representation-- established choice of placement. but when coupled with the figure to the left-- on christ's left or to my right