[quote author=sifaing link=topic=14368.msg164190#msg164190 date=1365783669]
I don't have any sources, but...
I think the reason preservation was banned was because of the attacks that were occurring on churches like what's happening now in Egypt.
I …
there's a free online "discovering orthodoxy" course offered by the London School of Orthodox Christian Studies.
Here is a link http://www.lsocs.co.uk/orthodox_catechesis.php
[quote author=qawe link=topic=14036.msg162054#msg162054 date=1355745387]
Actually, moallem is below anaghnostos - it is a rank called arch-cantor, just above epsaltos. (I think)
To make things more confusing, he is wearing the badrasheen like a sub-…