The Authentic Great Entrance in a Historic Belgian Cathedral

            ► ▓░█    THE SOLEMN PRAYER of the Great Entrance resonates in the magnificent nave of this 115-year old church nearby the docks of Antwerpen/Anvers, the largest Belgian sea and river port. This Roman Catholic cathedral sets the stage for the 1,6 millennia old authentic St.John Chrysostom's liturgy done by a local orthodox community. The shift of occupants occured due to extreme shrinking of the original RC membership who let the SOC use the premises.

The Great Entrance is the larger of the two processions in the liturgical life of the ancient Church. For a bystander perhaps the most impressive part, as the other exhibit less physical motion than this one. It takes place at a point during the first half of Divine Liturgy when the bread and wine to be offered are carried from the Table of oblation, located at the north side of the sanctuary (sometimes occupying its own apse), out the North Door and back through the Holy Doors to be placed on the altar. This entrance interrupts the Cherubic Hymn and when paused in the middle of the nave all who serve in the altar line up in a row facing west (to the lay people). This is accompanied by a series of intercessions formulated according to the customs of the jurisdiction. The procession then returns to the altar through the Holy Doors while the choir resumes the Cherubic Hymn, now in a much livelier tempo. 

Here in the middle, raising the Cross in his hand is the guest priest Krsto Stanišić, head of Utrecht parish of S.O.C. To the right is the archpriest Milan Živanović singing out the prayer while holding the chalice. He is in charge of the local community now settled in this church, which goes by the name of great-martyr George, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker. He is also appointed by the bishop as the overseer of all the Benelux parishes. Fr.Milan is privately a fervent enthusiast of the modern-day church history, husband and father of two lovely kids.

❖ Developed from raw and edited in Affinity Photo 2.4 The lighting in this like in most other churches is tricky, weak with a mix of different cold and warm types, a challenge to set the WB for, and putting especially the micro-four-thirds gear to test. My BIG FAIL here was to have 'cut' the cross in fr.Krsto's hand, as when you handheld the camera in low light you kind of nest it firmly in a position and this move of the priest was very quick and short-lived. 

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Taken in: Belgium / Flanders / Arrondissement of Antwerp / Merksem (show map)

Taken on: January 12, 2025

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