Q: Father, is it permitted to make prostrations before
the chalice on Sundays of any other feast day?
A: According to the Church canons, we should not make
prostrations on Sundays and Great Feasts. However, I know that in some churches
it is allowed. I personally would abstain from this, but here we can see what
the 90th rule of the 6th Ecumenical Council says on this
issue:
“We have received it canonically from our God-bearing
Fathers not to bend the knee on Sundays when honoring the Resurrection of
Christ, since this observation may not be clear to some of us, we are making it
plain to the faithful, so that after the entrance of those in holy orders into
the sacrificial altar on the evening of the Saturday in question, let none of
them bend a knee until the evening of the following Sunday, when, after the
entrance during the Lychnic, again bending knees, we thus begin offering our
prayers to the Lord. For inasmuch as we hare received it that the night
succeeding Saturday was the precursor of our Savior’s rising, we commence our
hymns at this point spiritually, ending the festival by passing out of darkness
into light, in order that we may hence celebrate en masse the Resurrection for
a whole day and a whole night”.
Source: https://osergii.wordpress.com/2015/12/09
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