Comments on: Economic crisis proves a curse for Greece’s Orthodox Church http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/04/20/economic-crisis-proves-a-curse-for-greeces-orthodox-church/ Religion, faith and ethics Wed, 15 May 2013 20:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: orangeblossom http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/04/20/economic-crisis-proves-a-curse-for-greeces-orthodox-church/comment-page-1/#comment-32725 orangeblossom Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:33:04 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=25507#comment-32725 "To cover the shortage of priests, some bishops are permitting laymen to take services... For instance, a retired army officer recently started holding mass at Avantas..." The Orthodox Church has many types of services. None is called "mass." My guess is the laymen are simply performing reader services, which is normal for parishes that do not have a regular priest. “To cover the shortage of priests, some bishops are permitting laymen to take services… For instance, a retired army officer recently started holding mass at Avantas…”

The Orthodox Church has many types of services. None is called “mass.” My guess is the laymen are simply performing reader services, which is normal for parishes that do not have a regular priest.

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