In the Greek Orthodox Maundy...
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In the Greek Orthodox Maundy Thursday footwashing in Jerusalem, a large crowd of worshipers fills the parvis (courtyard) of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) where the Patriarch washes the feet of twelve bishops, dramatizing the apostles' feet being washed by Jesus. When the Patriarch comes to the bishop portraying St. Peter, an audible raising of voices and a fierce discussion which some say once even developed into a pushing and shoving incident, makes it clear to those watching, even though the dialogue is in Greek, that St. Peter is violently objecting to having his feet washed. But Peter changed his mind, since Jesus was honoring him by so doing. A painful humiliation can be avoided if modesty is enjoined at the beginning. Proverbs' instructions in good manners is politeness in any society.
