>>684728
Yes, the architecture of an Orthodox church is modeled after the Tabernacle and Jerusalem Temple. In fact, the proper word for an Orthodox place of worship is actually "temple".
The narthex, nave, and sanctuary all nicely correspond to the temple's courtyard (inner and outer), as well as the sanctuary, more specifically, to the Holy of Holies; the Iconostasis corresponds to the Temple veil; the altar itself corresponds to both the altar of sacrifice and the altar of incense except this time it's directly in the inner sanctuary; the seven branched candle (sometimes dubbed the "Orthodox Christian menorah") corresponds to the lampstand; the Tabernacle, which is always kept on the altar, corresponds to the Ark of the Testimony; the priest correspond to the Jeiwsh kohen, except our priests are of a much higher order than those of Aaron; the antidoron, and most especially the artos, correspond to the bread of the presence; and the holy Eucharist itself of course corresponds to a true sacrifice.
There are also many other features, but they're too lengthy to list here.
Also, one thing I want to note is that, the problem with other denomination's churches (I'm mostly speaking about Protestants) is that they cannot properly even be called churches since they lack the grace of the priesthood and sacraments, therefore their places of worship cannot be properly called churches because a church is properly a temple. Without a priest you can have no true offering, and without that you cannot have a church because a in the most proper sense a church is a temple. Protestants don't even model their churches off of places of worship either, a lot of the times it just looks like a secular hall meeting, there is no actual worshiping of God going on.
Come my friend, and begome ordodox.