[Magdalen] Whither Pentecost Sequence.

[Roger Stokes]

On 15/05/2016 20:11, Joseph Cirou wrote:
> In our Byzantine tradition, we have the Kneeling Prayers on Pentecost and readthe Gospel in various  languages on Easter or a Sunday close to it. The Slav read the Gospel of John 1 on Pascha. The Greeks read the Gospel of the Appearance of Jesus at Vespers of Agape, the Arabs read the Gospel of Thomas on the Sunday after Pascha.
> The official beginning of Kneeling begins at Kneeling Vespers which follow immediately or shortly (post coffee) after the Liturgy.  We were told that the rubric to sing the first verse of the Veni Creator on our knees was the Western Church's version of Kneeling Prayers.

In the Church of England that is sung kneeling at ordination services.

Roger