Worship

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Why do we commemorate the day of Christ’s circumcision?

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Why on the Sunday before Christmas do we read all those names telling who was the father of who?

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Why aren’t we supposed to have weddings on Saturdays? Wasn’t one recently performed on a Saturday?

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What is the significance of the priest moving the cloth over the Gifts while the creed is being recited?

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Why when we pray the Lord’s Prayer at St. Michael’s do we say “…deliver us from evil” and some other Orthodox parishes say “…deliver us from the evil one?” Is not the latter the proper way to end the Lord’s Prayer and who we want to be delivered from?

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Definitions Worship

What is a Molieben?

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Why do we have a Saints Peter and Paul Fast?

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What is the parish policy regarding clergy honorariums? Do we need to pay for services such as baptisms, weddings, and funerals? What about grave blessings, house blessings, parastas, and visitations?

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What is a Prayer Rope?

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Some reposed members have been laid out in church instead of at a funeral home. Is this something done for “special reasons or circumstances,” or can anyone be laid out in church?