artintel wrote:
See Poll - inspired by Fr. Athanasios' posting here.
Unfortunately your options include nothing about placing the removal of pews in the context of the worship experience/development of a particular parish. As I said ealier in this thread....if a particular parish is currently experiencing a Sunday ONLY worship which does not call for prostrations, the pews are not a hinderance but rather just a way to sit when needed sermons and the such. As for seeing icons of the saints.....there are a lot of practices in today\'s modern Church that is not depicted in Icons on the walls of our churches since Icons tell a theological rather than historical reality. In short (not really short) I think the poll is biased, but then again life is biased and I am the most guilty of posing questions that lead people to my ideas.....
Have a blessed Lent - at least we can do prastrations.... :)
