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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Fun fact - when OLOW was just starting out in our small building (which is now our parish hall) we had an altar on wheels; the then-bishop would roll it out when he came so he was facing the congregation, but our priest would roll it back and face it when he was officiating.
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LOL.
In these parts, priest-facing-the-altar ( ad orientem) is frequently seen even in fairly low Episcopal churches. It's just how the churches were built and "how it's always been done."
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