I arrived early for a Byzantine liturgy on Saturday night and joined the choir practice underway. A priest was explaining that during the first gospel reading, the line "He is not here! He is risen!" is read three times, with the server's bells rung each time. A hand went up: "Father, do you think we could all make our cell phones ring then?"
*loud guffaw*
Thanks, Richard, I needed that.
Rae
I'm Byzantine-Melkite myself...and if you don't leave your cell phone in the car before Liturgy you're in BIG trouble!