Oh, absolutely! I wasn\'t raised in the Orthodox Church, but I got used to standing. You\'re right, the Pascha service can last four hours. But in a monastery or convent, or even at a traditional Orthodox cathedral they can be there for five hours or so on a regular Saturday night. At Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral in San Francisco (ROCOR), if you attend the moleben to St. John Maximovitch, then stay for Vigil, you will be there about five hours. And it\'s five hours spent in Heaven.
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