To: stfassisi; kosta50
“Is there something about facial hair that Orthodox feel is important ?”
Yeah; priests aren't supposed to be clean shaven. If you see an clean shaven Orthodox priest, he's some sort of radical. There may be a canon on it too. I'll look.
3,945 posted on
03/12/2008 5:12:50 PM PDT by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
To: Kolokotronis; kosta50
Yeah; priests aren't supposed to be clean shaven. If you see an clean shaven Orthodox priest, he's some sort of radical. There may be a canon on it too. I'll look. Thanks. Did all of the Eastern Early Church Fathers have beards?
3,946 posted on
03/12/2008 5:38:55 PM PDT by
stfassisi
("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
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