Iconostasis - Stefan Barka - 1807 - Carved wood - Height 6.7m, Width 11,5m
The Iconostasis of the Cathedral is carved in wood and plated in gold and is classified as one of the best achievements of the Albanian masters of the family. It is composed as an architectural facade throughout the entire three-dimensional space of the interior. There are three gates (central door and two sidebars). Within its generations, two rows of icons, 12 large (royal) icons and 27 small holiday icons are incorporated. On the crown of the iconostasis dominates the large cross in the center, which is horizontally accompanied by 10 winged eagles, whose silver jewels hang on their beads.

The Bishop's Throne - Anonymous - 19th Century - Carved Wood - Height 380cm, Width 85cmx60cm
The royal throne was placed in the church at the beginning of the Byzantine period, a time when the Christian Orthodox architecture took a full form. It is decorated by the icon of Jesus to remember the Great High Priest and the God of Creatures. Often, under the throne are found two lions that symbolize the Byzantine or Bishop's might. Over the throne there is placed a cupola which symbolozes the God's Kingdom and the divine care that the Bishops have.

Pulpit - Naum Ngjelav - 30 June, 1849 - Carved Wood - Height 5m, Perimeter 3m
The Pulpit is an antique platofrm in the Christian Churches, where the priest stands to read the Bible and to predict the God's speech. It is usually found close to the colonnade and is one of the highest part inside the Church, which symbolizes that the words proclaimed are stemming and inspiring from the God. The date's inscription is found carved at the end of the pulpit.

Altar Cover (Baldakin) - Anonymous - 19th Century - Carved Wood - Height 420cm, Width 150cm
The altar's cover is a wooden cupola masterfully carved in the XIX century. It is braced over four carved colonnades that symbolize the four evangelists and finishes with the representation of the cross at the top. The cupola in the Orthodox Churches symbolizes the wide sky created by God for the humanity.

Relics of Saints Gorazd and Angelarios
According to the century-old tradition of the Christian Church and the available resources, Saints Gorazd and Angelarios, disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius, were missionaries in Albania during the Bulgarian occupation, in the 9th and 10th centuries AD. It is believed that their relics went from the Monastery of St Mary in Ballsh in Gllavenica, in Berat's Mitropolis during the Ottoman conquests, first to the Monastery of Saint George in Mbreshtan and later to the Dormition of St Mary Cathedral where they are still preserved, inside their ark.

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