That must be a Russian practice. I was ordained, or more correctly, blessed a Reader by Archbishop Iakovos at Holy Cross seminary and he did not place a short pholonion one me. He did make all seminarians rassophors by giving them the right to wear a exofrasso or jibby. I have seen Readers blessed in the Antiochian Archdiocese and we do not use them.
This is sadly part of a very common occurrence in Kosovo. Vandals enter churches, set them on fire, then they urinate and defecate in them. ...
"The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide."
That must be a Russian practice. I was ordained, or more correctly, blessed a Reader by Archbishop Iakovos at Holy Cross seminary and he did not place a short pholonion one me. He did make all seminarians rassophors by giving them the right to wear a exofrasso or jibby. I have seen Readers blessed in the Antiochian Archdiocese and we do not use them.
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I was set aside as a reader with a short phelonion in the OCA.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this has any common roots with the “folded chasubles” used by the deacon and subdeacon in penitential seasons in the West.
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