When westerners think of prayer, we tend to think of kneeling with hands together and eyes shut. This is all wrong - praying with your hands together closes the minor chakras (centres of receptivity) in the hands. Orthodox Christians pray standing up, eyes open, hands outstretched.
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An Orthodox woman I know once wrote to me about a Pentecostal type service she had seen on TV, and was horrified. She suffered from culture shock "all those people with closed eyes and bared teeth".
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