[sionnsar]

I see. I'm not an historian, less a church historian, but the changes in the liturgy have apparently always been contentious affairs (except perhaps removing prayers for the king and adding the president after the Anmerican revolution, or changing the monarch's name as the monarch changed) for this very reason.

It was telling to me that, in comparing the consecration services of the 1979 and the 1928, ECUSA Bishop Robinson could not have been consecrated in the latter.

What you describe... electric candles... yikes! (The only place I've seen that is in the aumbry lamp; because it burns all the time it can be considered a fire hazard.)

[kosta50]

except perhaps removing prayers for the king and adding the president after the Anmerican revolution

Why not pray for your enemies, so that they are saved too?

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you [Mt 5:44]

What accomplishment is praying for those you agree with?

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? [Mt 5:46]

The Orthodox pray for the Orthodox and for all all the people of the world, friend and foe.

Again, it's not the outwardly that matters, but practicing what Christ taught. Dropping your political enemies from your prayer is using religion as a political party. Where is Christ in that?