Alexander Schmemann - How torturous is the "churchly" language one must speak in church - the ton

How torturous is the "churchly" language one must speak in church - the tone, style, habit. It is all artificial; there is a total absence of a simple human language. With what a sigh of relief one leaves this world of cassocks, and kissing and church gossip. As soon as one leaves, one sees: wet bare branches, fog which floats over fields, trees, homes. Sky. Early dusk. And it all tells an incredibly simple truth.

- Alexander Schmemann

topic: Home, Kissing, Simple, Sigh Of Relief, Bare Branches, Human Language