• Worx@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 months ago

    If you’re talking about nuns, who traditionally cover themselves, they also traditionally are celibate so…

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        4 months ago

        You do realize that it’s a choice made by the woman herself right? If you enter Othrodox church as a woman not wearing one they won’t kick you out. It’s also a tradition not a requirement.

        I’ve been in my fair share of Orthodox churches in Romania and very few women actually wear a veil for normal church services.