 Also kept on the altar is the Gospel Book.Under the Gospel is kept the "antimension", a silken cloth imprinted with an icon of Christ being prepared for burial, which has a relic sewn into it and bears the signature of the bishop.Another, simpler cloth, the "ilitón", is wrapped around the antimension to protect it, and symbolizes the "napkin" that was tied around the face of Jesus when he was laid in the tomb (forming a companion to the "strachitsa").