02-15-2005, 08:29 PM
shlama
I read in a booklet of the syriac orthodox church that
they do a sequence of bowing from waist / kneeling / prostration
every time they start to pray, reciting a phrase at each stage.
What struck me was the great ressemblance with the muslim "salat"
when they recite "al fatiha". So i was wondering if the CoE do the
same thing , and if this practice was attested from pre-islamic time.
I would be interested in some details in the way to do those
movements : How are your hands when you prostrate, are your
upper legs supposed to be vertical when you're kneeled or do you
sit on your legs like the muslims do , that kind of things.
Thank you.
I read in a booklet of the syriac orthodox church that
they do a sequence of bowing from waist / kneeling / prostration
every time they start to pray, reciting a phrase at each stage.
What struck me was the great ressemblance with the muslim "salat"
when they recite "al fatiha". So i was wondering if the CoE do the
same thing , and if this practice was attested from pre-islamic time.
I would be interested in some details in the way to do those
movements : How are your hands when you prostrate, are your
upper legs supposed to be vertical when you're kneeled or do you
sit on your legs like the muslims do , that kind of things.
Thank you.