The Ambon or Ambo (Greek: Άμβον, meaning, "step", Slavonic: amvón) is a projection coming out from the soleas (the walkway in front of the iconostasis) in an Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic church. The ambon stands directly in front of the Holy Doors. It may be either rouded or square and has one, two, or three steps leading up to it.