Bowing Ritual

Bowing Ritual
(3 kneelings)
Special prayers are recited while the whole church are kneeling on the day of the Pentecost, in memory of the descent of the Holy Spirit.

Dictionary of church terms. — St. GEORGE'S COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH SPORTING - ALEXANDRIA EGYPT. .

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