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This paper is part of ongoing research which aims is to develop the methodologyfor the church heritage digitization and visualization. The subject of thepresented work is the iconostasis, as a significant part of the Christian Orthodoxchurch heritage, distinguished by its bilateral character, as an architecturalelement of a church interior and an art piece composed of icons. Consideringthat iconostases can be seen only in situ, we developed the methodology for itsdigitization and virtual representation dissemination, which provides a user withthe possibility to visualize iconostases outside the physical borders of sacralinteriors. The proposed methodology relies on techniques for photogrammetricsurveying, 3D modeling, and augmented reality visualization, and it is presentedin a particular case study of the iconostasis. An outcome is shown as themultimedia presentation of an exhibition, realized throughout collaborationbetween the university and the museum.