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==Liturgical usage==
In many Christian churches, all Christians present stand when a passage from one of the Gospels is read publicly, and sit when a passage from a different part of the Bible is read.
===Usage in Eastern Orthodoxy liturgy===
Gospels are publicly read in liturgy including [[Divine Liturgy]] on both Sunday and feast days and Sunday [[Matins]]. The passage to read is assigned by [[typicon]]. On the contrary at [[lent]] weekday services, hence at [[Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts]] no passage from Gospel is read.
Typically, the Gospel is publicly read only by a [[priest]] or [[bishop]], although other Bible passages may be read by a designated lay person. Or the Gospel is read by a [[deacon]] after a priest or bishop gives him benediction. As in other churches, all stand while the Gospel is being read. Also, the Gospel book is normally kept in a prominent place on the altar. The only thing that is permitted to occupy its place on the altar is the Body and Blood of Christ during the Divine Liturgy, or on certain feast days a Cross. When the Gospel is read, it is brought from the altar to the nave in procession, and afterwards returned to its place. The daily reading is determined according to the annual liturgy calendar, but on a feast day some appropriate part is read in addition to or in place of the part dictated by the regular reading order. The cycle of reading order begins in the Pascha (Easter) with the Gospel of John.
In the Matins of Sunday service, after one of twelve [[resurrection]] accounts is read. After the reading of Gospel by the priest, the faithful kiss the Bible and the Cross and then receive the benediction from the priestwho stands aside the Bible as representing the angel who proclaimed the gospel of resurrection Christi to the faithfuls.
==See also==
