It's not like we will be reciting anything.
What was that saying you were always reciting to me?
The uppermost stage was reserved for the deacon who sang the gospel (facing the congregation); for promulgating episcopal edicts; reciting the names inscribed on the diptychs (see Diptych); announcing fasts, vigils and feasts; reading ecclesiastical letters or acts of the martyrs celebrated on that day; announcing new miracles for popular edification, professions by new converts or recantations by heretics; and (for priests and deacons) preaching sermons, - bishops as a general rule preaching from their own throne.
He used it first to cure himself of a habit of throwing his head back when reciting in public.
Several court cases have called into question the legality of reciting prayers in public school, and the Supreme Court has ruled on this issue several times.
