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Orthodox Terminology
KNEELING VESPERS PDF Print E-mail
KNEELING VESPERS - Kneeling Vespers is served on the evening of Pentecost. In this service the posture of kneeling  (a posture of penitence that is avoided during the glorious, joyful celebration of Pascha)  is reintroduced to the liturgical life of the Church. Several "kneeling prayers" are prayed by the priest while the faithful kneel.
 

The Sayings of the Fathers

As a man whose head is under water cannot inhale pure air, so a man whose thoughts are plunged into the cares of this world cannot absorb the sensations of that new world. - Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria
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