better without pews

November 15, 2007

#13

Jokubas wrote:

people can't go around and venerate the icons or light candles in various places. During Lent, when the Prayer of St. Eprhaim is said, you need to go into the aisles to make a metanoia, as you certainly can't do that in a pew.

Thinking about this nice feature of not having pews reminded me of trips to the Old Country. In some of those churches, you would be trampled if you tried to do a metania. That assumes you can see your feet! In other words, it\'s so crowded you can\'t even move on your own volition. I imagine Hagia Sophia was like that on occasion.

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