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Can anyone shed light on non-Byzantine prostration practices, like Syrian and such?

Alexis

My Joys, My Treasures,

I remember attending a Holy Trinity Greek church here and they had kneelers that popped out. For the longest time they told the laity to kneel on sundays out of repentance during the prayer before the Eucarist(including the time between Pascha and Pentacost) and then someone complained to the church about the canon that forbids such a thing and they told everyone that they are not going to be doing that anymore.

My concern is that a CHURCH was doing this.

I don't know about others but i have an obedience to do full prostrations during my prayer rule. I have never done them or seen it done at church before. The closest is the verneration of an icon or getting a blessing.

poor seraphim

And then there's the "flying pages" kneeling . . .

I don't know whether the book was new, the fans were set differently, or Father just didn't have the hang of placing things on the pages yet.

Noting his difficulties with the pages, I found myself kneeling by the altar, doing my best to unobtrusively to keep a finger on the corner of the page

there is the latin form of prostration on holy thurs. night when you pass before the altar of repose genuflect on both knees and make a deep bow from that position