[lightman]

The justices said at the time that the state could cap indoor services at 25% of a building’s capacity and continue to bar singing and chanting.

Hardly a victory for Orthodox Christians.

All of our services are 95% singing or chanting except for the Six Psalms, the sermon, and some of the Priest's quiet prayers.

[hsmomx3]

Putting a limit on singing and chanting is so ridiculous. I’m surprised they didn’t say you couldn’t use the restrooms. Just goes to show how silly all of this is.

[Honorary Serb]

....”The hours spent closest to Paradise are the hours spent in the church together with all our brethren when we celebrate the Divine Liturgy, when we sing and when we receive Holy Communion.”..... St. Porphyrios the Athonite.

https://myocn.net/intensity-freedom-and-joy-a-lenten-message/

Currently in our Divine Liturgy, only a small choir is allowed to sing. The rest of us sit silently behind our masks. And we have capacity limitations. No proper veneration of icons, no hugging, kissing, or even shaking hands, no lunch after Liturgy. At least we can receive Holy Communion, with the Priest tossing the Communion down out throats!!!!

Getting vaccinated around here is very hard, with “limited supplies” of vaccine. I hope the J&J vaccine (which can be stored in a refrigerator) will accelerate things. Then I hope that transmission of the virus goes down to zero, and we can ditch our STUPID masks and get back to normal!!!!

[FormerLib]

Then we need to get the people in the parish to read the responses, without chanting or inflection. I think this might be somewhat like the catacomb churches did it.