regarding the episcopalian event:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"a Eucharist was celebrated and the Hindus invited to receive the consecrated elements, though some Hindus who abstain from alcohol received only the host, the Los Angeles Times said."
"Added to the Communion service was a veneration of an icon. While a Hindu band sang a hymn the Anglican celebrant anointed the icon with sandalwood paste, draped a garland of flowers over the icon and lit a lamp, âas a sign of Christ, the light in the darkness."
"The diocese reported the Eucharist was celebrated according to the liturgy of the Church of South India and the <b>âtradition of Bede Griffithsâ</b> and incorporated an âArati, the Service of Light, and Kirtan, congregational chanting of the Holy Names."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"a Eucharist was celebrated and the Hindus invited to receive the consecrated elements, though some Hindus who abstain from alcohol received only the host, the Los Angeles Times said."
"Added to the Communion service was a veneration of an icon. While a Hindu band sang a hymn the Anglican celebrant anointed the icon with sandalwood paste, draped a garland of flowers over the icon and lit a lamp, âas a sign of Christ, the light in the darkness."
"The diocese reported the Eucharist was celebrated according to the liturgy of the Church of South India and the <b>âtradition of Bede Griffithsâ</b> and incorporated an âArati, the Service of Light, and Kirtan, congregational chanting of the Holy Names."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->