The sculptured pulpit (ambo) was made in 1727 by someone named Michael, at the expense of the hieromonk Nifon, as stated in an inscription. The ambo is used for readings during services on Sundays and holidays, while the rest of the time, the reader monk uses the portable pulpit (diskeli), in front of the Abbot's table. The icon of the founders, the saints Dionysios and Nifon, flanking the Baptist was added to the ambo in 1730.
Eat what is placed in front of you, my friend; and always keep yourself silent; feed the senses of your soul through the ear; hold your look down and your mind up; do not comment on the words you hear; silence befits monks in every activity, but even more while at the table.
