[Magdalen] 234th Diocesan Convention

[cantor03 at aol.com]

Good Lord!
 
Someone must have been watching a video of Saint Gregory of Nyssa
in San Francisco.  They have picked this up from the Ethiopians.  There
are also so You Tube video clips available showing the Ethiopians using
this maneuver.  
 
It seems rather far-fetched to be adding this tradition to a liturgy indoors.
As I understand it, the umbrellas are an aid in keeping flies and other
insects away from the liturgical action.
 
David S.
 
In a message dated 11/4/2017 10:01:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, romanos at mindspring.com writes:

 
>Our convention was this weekend 143rd of Western Michigan. At our liturgy
>(indoors) we had umbrellas over the gospeller and the bishop in procession
>in and out and for the Gospel procession. We never did it that way
>before! It was said that this is from an Ethiopian tradition. We also had
>asperges fr>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>