Bowing in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Different kinds of bows one could encounter in Eastern Orthodox service.

The First Council of Nicaea's decree "that prayer be made to God standing" from Pascha (Easter) through Pentecost, and on all Sundays throughout the year, in honour of the Resurrection is strictly observed, excepting only for prostrating before the Cross on the Third Sunday of Great Lent and on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, if it falls on a Sunday, as well as for a few sacramental services, e.g., ordinations.

See also

• ru:Земной поклон
• Great bows
• Prostration
• Metanoia (theology)
• Dogeza
• Genuflection
• Kowtow
• Podruchnik
• Ruku
• Sign of the cross
• Sujud

Further reading

• Why are Prayers Said Without Kneeling On All Sundays and From Pascha Until Pentecost? Orthodox Information Center
• "Поклоны" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.