The last post reminded me of the short but well done set of podcasts from Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Here is the podcasts page.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Kissing priest's hand
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ReplyDeleteVery true. There's a lot more kissing, touching, going down to the ground, etc. in the East in general. I wonder what it's a result of? Liturgical development? Arrangement of the church? No idea. It's worth researching.
ReplyDeleteNot sure. The Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (a.k.a. the Traditional Latin Mass) prescribes ceremonial kisses (the 'solita oscula') anytime something is given to or taken from the Celebrant. This comes from the fact that his hands have been consecrated at his ordination and are worthy of reverence since through them the bread and wine become the Body & Blood of Christ.
ReplyDeleteI serve the Latin Mass once a month and am always surprised to see that the older servers (i.e. those in their 50s) never use the osculations and say they never learned them. I've had to teach them. LOL.