Comments on: Why Russian Orthodox Priests Don’t Wear Wedding Rings?

By: Sabrina Messenger

Sabrina Messenger — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:01:43 +0000

In reply to Sabrina Messenger. That could be the case. I was just surprised to read this. Mind, I've only been in the church 7 years, so I still have a lot to learn both of the general Church as well as the various jurisdictions and ethnic cultures that comprise Eastern Orthodoxy. Just the same I found the article quite educational.

By: Fr. John

Fr. John — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:02:19 +0000

The use of the word 'Transubstantiation' is a bit strange due to its definitive scholastic definition. The mentioning of "hold the paten" appears to be referring to the elevation, after which the deacon says things such as: "Bless, master, the Holy Bread." With the bishop or priest saying: "And make this Bread the precious Body of Thy Christ." And so on... so the use of that word doesn't make sense for more than just it's scholastic definition.

By: Fr. John

Fr. John — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:28:45 +0000

In reply to Unknown. Deacons do not wear their wedding rings in the altar (for all the reasons given in this article) and many do not wear them at all.

By: Yoh

Yoh — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:32:35 +0000

In reply to Sabrina Messenger. In this particular article the author describes the ancient tradition that is common in Russian Orthodox Church. It is not a secret that there can be different traditions and cultural features in various local churches. Possibly, the ideas described above are just not common in case of OCA.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:24:53 +0000

In reply to Unknown. As far as I know, this tradition concerns only priests.

By: Sabrina Messenger

Sabrina Messenger — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:50:07 +0000

In reply to Sabrina Messenger. sorry, I should note that these are OCA parish priests. One's been married nearly 30 years. The other about 12 years. If that makes a difference.

By: Sabrina Messenger

Sabrina Messenger — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:46:03 +0000

They don't? That surprises me because I know personally of at least two Orthodox priests who do wear wedding rings. One's in Oregon, the other is in Arizona. I know this because I attended the Oregon parish for 4 years and have been at my present AZ parish for 3 years. Mind, it wasn't until after WWII that men in general began to wear wedding rings. Before that, it was only the wife. Maybe the no wedding band thing is more common in Russia or Greece?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:34:03 +0000

Do Deacons follow the same practice?