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Different kinds ofbows one could encounter inEastern Orthodox service.
TheFirst Council of Nicaea's decree "that prayer be made to God standing" fromPascha (Easter) throughPentecost, and on all Sundays throughout the year, in honour of the Resurrection[1] is strictly observed, excepting only for prostrating before the Cross on the Third Sunday of Great Lent and on the Feast of theExaltation of the Cross, if it falls on a Sunday, as well as for a few sacramental services, e.g., ordinations.