In Oriental Orthodox churches, palm fronds are distributed at the front of the church at the sanctuary steps, in India the sanctuary itself having been strewn with marigolds, and the congregation proceeds through and outside the church.

The Congregation for the Oriental Churches ( Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus ) is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for contact with the Eastern Catholic Churches for the sake of assisting their development, protecting their rights and also maintaining whole and entire in the one Catholic Church, alongside the liturgical, disciplinary and spiritual patrimony of the Latin Rite, the heritage of the various Oriental Christian traditions.

The Congregation for Bishops ( Congregatio pro Episcopis ) is the congregation of the Roman Curia which oversees the selection of new bishops that are not in mission territories or those areas that come under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches who deal with the Eastern Catholics, pending papal approval.

Styles of service vary greatly, from the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Lutheran traditions of liturgical worship to the evangelical Protestant style, that often combines worship with teaching for the believers, which may also have an evangelistic component appealing to the non-Christians and / or skeptics in the congregation.

In 1874, after it had become clear that he would not become a rabbi, members of his father's congregation helped Adler gain a teaching position at Cornell University as a nonresident Professor of Hebrew and Oriental literature.

* Oriental Churches ( congregation )

The Congregation for Catholic Education ( in Seminaries and Institutes of Study ) ( Congregatio de Institutione Catholica ( de Seminariis atque Studiorum Institutis )) is the Pontifical congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for: ( 1 ) seminaries ( except those regulated by the Congregations for the Evangelization of Peoples and for the Oriental Churches ) and houses of formation of religious and secular institutes ; ( 2 ) universities, faculties, institutes and higher schools of study, either ecclesial or civil dependent on ecclesial persons ; and ( 3 ) schools and educational institutes depending on ecclesiastical authorities.

The Congregation for Bishops ( Congregatio pro Episcopis ) is the congregation of the Roman Curia which oversees the selection of new bishops that are not in mission territories or those areas that come under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches who deal with the Eastern Catholics, pending papal approval.

Other congregations were added by different popes, until a complete organization was established by Pope Pius X in his Constitution Sapienti Consilio of 29 June 1908, according to which there were thirteen congregations, counting that of the Propaganda as only one ; however, the last-named congregation is divided into two parts: Congregation of the Propaganda for Affairs of the Latin Rite, and Congregation of the Propaganda for Affairs of the Oriental Rites, it may well be considered as two congregations, so that the total number of the congregations is fourteen.

In Spain there was a Basilian congregation which had no traditional connection with Oriental Basilians ; the members followed the Latin Liturgy.

This is often commemorated by having the new adults, male only in the Orthodox tradition, lead the congregation in prayer and publicly read a " portion " of the Torah.

This role requires ordination by the congregation's preferred authority ( i. e. from a respected Orthodox rabbi or, if the congregation is Conservative or Reform, from academic seminaries ).

In most Orthodox and some Conservative synagogues, the entire congregation prostrates themselves at each point in the recitation where the Kohen Gadol ( High Priest ) would pronounce the Tetragrammaton ( God ’ s holiest name, according to Judaism ).

The leadership of a Jewish congregation is, in fact, in the hands of the laity: the president of a synagogue is its actual leader and any adult Jew ( or at least any male adult Jew in Orthodox congregations ) can lead prayer services.

In its early days the Turkish state promoted a rival Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, whose congregation, however, has remained limited.

Every Monday, Thursday and Shabbat in Orthodox synagogues ( and many Conservative ones as well ), a portion from the Torah is read aloud in the original Hebrew in front of the congregation.

Further north of the original site is an ancient church, now used by a Greek Orthodox congregation.

They built a synagogue, Congregation Knesseth Israel, that is still standing and in use by an active Modern Orthodox congregation today and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Because of the need to expand their synagogue, the Orthodox Jewish congregation merged with a smaller Reform group to form a compromise Conservative congregation in 1939, and Jewish community life in Clarksburg centered around this synagogue.

In Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, the Shema should be recited twice daily, whether or not one is able to attend services with a congregation.

In Orthodox public worship, the Shemoneh Esrei is usually first prayed silently by the congregation and is then repeated aloud by the chazzan ( reader ); the repetition's original purpose was to give illiterate members of the congregation a chance to participate in the collective prayer by answering " Amen.

In Orthodox public worship, the Shemoneh Esrei is first prayed silently by the congregation ; it is then repeated aloud by the chazzan ( reader ), except for the evening Amidah or when a minyan is not present.

His grave is preserved in the Cemetery of the Orthodox congregation Adass Jisroel in Wittlicher Straße, Berlin-Weißensee.

The Orthodox congregation had already been established at the nearby village of Olustvere ( at that time also called Ollustfer in German ) in 1847.

The PCA is generally less theologically conservative than the Orthodox Presbyterian Church ( which split from mainline Presbyterianism much earlier ), but more conservative than the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ( which split from the mainline more recently ), though the differences can vary from presbytery to presbytery and even congregation to congregation.

* Lincoln Square Synagogue – Modern Orthodox congregation, 200 Amsterdam Avenue at 69th Street.

* The Jewish Center – the very first " shul with a pool ," now a more circumspect Modern Orthodox congregation on West 86th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues.

The morning service is also uniquely characterized by the calling up of each male member ( in some Orthodox and the majority of non-Orthodox congregations, male and female members ) of the congregation for an aliyah, as well as a special aliyah for all the children in attendance.

The Christian education of children, too, was once hardly more than a sideshow, but the day came when a congregation that did not assume full oversight of a church school was thought of as failing in its duty.

The basic unit in the church, of whatever denominational polity, is always the congregation.

As long as the congregation regards the church as `` our '' church, or the minister thinks of it as `` my '' church, just so long the ecumenical movement will make no significant advance.

The entrance to a church has been walled up, so that the congregation, most of which is in the western sector, cannot worship God there anymore.

there was no Martian concept to match it -- unless one took `` church '' and `` worship '' and `` God '' and `` congregation '' and many other words and equated them to the totality of the only world he had known during growing-waiting then forced the concept back into English in that phrase which had been rejected ( by each differently ) by Jubal, by Mahmoud, by Digby.

Ambrose and his congregation barricaded themselves inside the church, and the imperial order was rescinded.

* The offertory money collected from a church congregation during a service, often by such means as a collection plate

In standard Greek usage, the older word " ecclesia " ( ἐκκλησία, ekklesía, literally " assembly ", " congregation ", or the place where such a gathering occurs ) was retained to signify both a specific edifice of Christian worship ( a " church "), and the overall community of the faithful ( the " Church ").

* Closed communion is the practice of restricting the communion to members of a particular church or congregation

Congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of church governance in which every local church congregation is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or " autonomous ".

The term " congregationalist polity " describes a form of church governance that is based on the local congregation.

There is no other reference than the local congregation for the " visible church " in Congregationalism.

Rather, the independent congregations are a network with each congregation participating at its own discretion in various means of service and fellowship with other congregations ( see Sponsoring church ( Churches of Christ )).

Elders are generally seen as responsible for the spiritual welfare of the congregation, while deacons are seen as responsible for the non-spiritual needs of the church.

An individual congregation is led by a church council made of the minister along with elders and deacons elected by the congregation.

More than the name separates each church example :" Independent Christian Church " will not accept a woman as a minister when some of the " Disciples of Christ " congregation will.

As a congregational church, each congregation determines the nature of its worship, study, Christian service, and witness to the world.

The General Minister and President ( GMP ) is the designated leader for the General Church, but does not have the administrative authority to direct any of the general church agencies other than “ The Office of General Minister and President .” The GMP has influence that derives from the respect of the church much as the pastor of a local church leads a local congregation.

Even in congregations where Eucharist is offered weekly, there is not a requirement that every church service be a Eucharistic service, nor that all members of a congregation must receive it weekly.