Good article. Fyi, in the same paragraph with iconostasis, a word I never heard of, you misspelled separate. It happens. By the way, what’s iconostasis?
I’m betting you know what an icon is. I’m also betting you know what stasis means. Put the two together and what might it mean? An icon fixed in place, a barrier, a dividing line.
You really have to see one to understand what it is. To call it a barrier really misses the point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconostasis