05-03-2011, 04:31 AM
Hi Chuck. You'll feel right at home, not much different from a typical Catholic or Anglican service when spoken in English. You have very little chance of feeling out of place.
Yes, the liturgy should be pretty much the same as the version in the link.
One bit of advice is that Assyrians typically dress very formally at service. Short of a tux you cant be overdressed in a typical COE parish
Another note is that females are asked to wear a thin scarf or hat during the service, so as to lightly cover their hair. If one is not brought, there normally is a cabinet or drawer in the hallway with extra scarves. Young girls are not required to cover their hair. And of course as with most churches dresses should be modest, ushers have been known to ask people who show too much skin to leave.
All baptized Christians are asked to approach and receive the communion. All others are requested to leave at a certain point right before the middle of the liturgy, before the elements of bread and wine are consecrated.
I hope you enjoy your service there. Qasha Genard has a great liturgical voice and his English sermons are quite a treat.
Shamasha
Yes, the liturgy should be pretty much the same as the version in the link.
One bit of advice is that Assyrians typically dress very formally at service. Short of a tux you cant be overdressed in a typical COE parish
Another note is that females are asked to wear a thin scarf or hat during the service, so as to lightly cover their hair. If one is not brought, there normally is a cabinet or drawer in the hallway with extra scarves. Young girls are not required to cover their hair. And of course as with most churches dresses should be modest, ushers have been known to ask people who show too much skin to leave.
All baptized Christians are asked to approach and receive the communion. All others are requested to leave at a certain point right before the middle of the liturgy, before the elements of bread and wine are consecrated.
I hope you enjoy your service there. Qasha Genard has a great liturgical voice and his English sermons are quite a treat.
Shamasha