Why is Orthodox Worship so Fancy?

Jesus was a plain, simple carpenter, and so that means that Christian worship should be plain and simple -- right?

Some Christians say that money spent on ornate vestments, music, iconography and architecture would be better spent on the poor. They say that all that "stuff" in church is a distraction or even gets between you and God. They say that Jesus came to do away with all that ornateness.

But do those criticisms actually align with the Bible? With the early Church?

And what is the real purpose of all that ornateness to begin with?


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