November 6, 2009 – 12:35 pm
David Larsen at Heavenly Ascents continues to provide excellent notes from his attendance at the Temple Studies Group Symposium in London last weekend. Recently he posted his notes on Archimandrite Ephrem‘s presentation about the Holy Oil in the Orthodox Church. Father Ephrem gave out a handout which included detailed notes on the anointing rite in [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged anointing, david, david larsen, hands, heavenly ascents, oil, priest, rite, signs, symposium, temple studies
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I was thinking yesterday that there might be more to the common saying “asking for her hand in marriage.” Doing a few searches and I found that some believe it comes from a medieval ritual known as handfasting. Today it has been adopted by certain Neopagan groups as part of their engagement or marriage rituals, [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices
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Also tagged altar, BYU, ceremony, crown, greek, handclasp, handfasting, hands, marriage, middle ages, oath, rituals, tying the knot, video
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On my tour through Ukraine a couple years ago I became familiar with what is known as the iconostasis (plural iconostases) that is found in almost every Eastern Orthodox Church. This is a thin wall or partition that separates the nave, where the lay worshipers reside, from the sanctuary in the church, where the priests [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts
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Also tagged barrier, chancel screen, covenant, gate, heaven, holy of holies, holy place, iconostasis, jesus christ, russia, separation, templon, veil, wall
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January 23, 2008 – 12:42 am
One of the more interesting rites that has been practiced throughout time is one where a high priest knocks on a holy door or gate three times with a hammer, mallet, or mace before opening and entering.
