In fact a few weeks ago, I was in Orlando in a beautiful and very upscale Greek Orthodox Church (the Holy Trinity, right off Interstate 4), and a visiting priest from Greece was reminding everyone that kneeling, especially during the 40 days after the resurrection is strictly prohibited.
I spoke with him after the Divine Liturgy and mentioned the First Ecumenical Council and he said "You are absolutely right! In my part of Greece, no one kneels, but in some they do, an we have to teach them not to, just like here."
Again, a church is our spiritual home, not a theater where we go to watch a performance, so pews are not the proper thing to have in a church. We are supposed to stand in awe. That element of "performance" is what resulted in the early Latin deviation in the reception of the Eucharist for the clergy only at one point in time.
At my parish, we don't have pews but we do have folding chairs. Don't ask me why. I like standing. But, sadly, I think the whole pew phenomenon is likely here to stay. As for the kneeling, I've only ever seen it on a Sunday once by a visitor, back when I was a catechumen. I shrugged it off as some kind of Romanian thing. :/
In fact a few weeks ago, I was in Orlando in a beautiful and very upscale Greek Orthodox Church (the Holy Trinity, right off Interstate 4), and a visiting priest from Greece was reminding everyone that kneeling, especially during the 40 days after the resurrection is strictly prohibited.
We actually print that in the bulliten. No kneeling until after Pentacost. I remember when I first read that. My very next thought was, "get ready to kneel after Pentacost." At the time, I had no idea just how right I was. Hello Kneeling Vespers!