The elaborately-decorated marble icon screen stands out in the interior of the cathedral. It was made, along with the Abbot’s throne and the canopy above the altar, from 1845 to 1847 by marble sculptors from Tinos, with marble brought from the quarry of Kavsokalybios on the island. In his book about Mt Athos, Kosmos Blachos examines the construction and artistic quality of the icon screen, and concludes that ‘because of its magnificent simplicity, it is incomparable.’
