[kosta50]

One should not confuse the manner of worship with thoelogy. How we cross, bow or kneel, how we hold our hands when we pray, etc. is not holy in itself, but the Liturgy is Divine. We can change the manner but not the essence of worship.

Although the Eastern Orthodox Church claims to have changed little since the Pentecost, the plain fact is that each Eastern church exhibits a mixture of Divine elements of worship with elements created by local customs, language, etc. What's important is that they all share the same Liturgy -- which has changed only in length but not in essence -- since the 4th century AD.

[sionnsar]

One should not confuse the manner of worship with thoelogy. How we cross, bow or kneel, how we hold our hands when we pray, etc. is not holy in itself, but the Liturgy is Divine.

Understood. We have an almost infinite variety of manner in the Anglican church, even in the 1928 BCP churches -- and even in our church we have to harmonize practices with new servers...