In the Orthodox Church or Cathedrals, the lectern is usually the stand on which the `Bible` or `service books` are rests upon and from which the reading from Scripture are read during the commemoration service procedures by church fathers and Archbishops. They are also used as the centre stage long tables where the stage man can rest the arms and stand straight for speech and dialogue delivery. If the lectern is used by a low-rank clergyman or singers, the lectern faces the altar. Pulpits can be stationery in nature to be stand alone in a particular famous place or can be portable to b transferred easily because certain wooden based podiums are extremely heavy to be lifted by a help of a single individual alone. Modern and Contemporary wooden ‘pulpits’ consists of soft cushion tightly tucked from all four corners of the table with needle or iron pegs firmly attached to the wooden top base in and around the table so that at the time of addressing to the public or delivery purposes ‘hands’ may not slip from the surface as it is the decency or standing ovation etiquette of a person and it’s personality to maintain rhythm of the speech without unwanted and unnecessary pauses of a sort.

The lectern is always kept to the North Pole and the pulpit to the South Pole corner of the hall place. It must usually face the spectators or audiences. Sometimes, the lectern will be placed in the center of the quire or the nave. A rich hand-carved decorative English and French carving or embroideries are considered the best decorative architectural wonders that provide unique quality of the podium with colors and patterns when seen from the front and along with custom sizes too. The beauty of the pulpit can only be understood if the table is over-sized projecting every detailed design crafted into perfection. In a church lectern there’s a place called `tabernacle`, a miniature shrine or closet built in the form, inside which is a small ark containing the reserved sacrament for use in communing the sick. The wooden sound (mic) podiums are used in assembly; event managements; institutes; etc.

Bishops thrones were also handcrafted to provide extreme shiny outlook to the throne so that the `King’s` throne is easily visible to naked eyes and could project `King’s` authority of ruling a dynasty with the presence of hundreds and thousands of rulers gathered together in one big hall for necessary appreciations. The ornaments such as: Gold; Gems; Stones; Pearl Beads, etc. were chiseled into the wooden casks and diamonds on the top and around the edges of the wooden throne.

Pulpits or lecterns are also known upon as `Lithia or Litya` tables. These tables are not full-sized tables but they are rather flat from the top surface with no recline curve wooden carved design formation. Church pews are another type of wooden storage places to store especially only the belongings or holy items of the church father or archbishop (strictly).