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To: kawaii
as i recall its the feeet if they’re shown if not hands, if not hands hair. i forget if there’s multiple saints pictures, and usually aim for hands and feet of each. assuming that folks wearing lipstick haven’t smeared it all over the icon, at which point i generally go close to each

The hands (right hands) are always okay because that's the hand that holds the Eucharist, but any hand will do.

Women should not be wearing lipstick to church; St. John Chrysostom explained that 1600 years ago. It's vain and it smears the holy images.

12,413 posted on 04/11/2007 9:46:06 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50

the lipstick thing just annoys me. if they feel wearing lipstick is ok, they should at least be THEM not physicially touching th icon not the folks who’d prefer to and don’t coat their lips with wax first.


12,415 posted on 04/11/2007 9:49:32 PM PDT by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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