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==Attire== [[File:Причастница в академическом во имя апостола и евангелиста Иоанна Богослова.jpg|thumb|upright|Russian worshippers during the [[Divine Liturgy]] in Moscow. Women are wearing [[Christian head covering|headcoverings]], while men worship with their heads uncovered.<ref name="Yegorov2019"/>]] Christians have historically tended to wear [[Modesty|modest]] clothes at church services (cf. 1 Timothy 2:9–10).<ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Timothy|2:9–10}}</ref><ref name="Wilke2010">{{cite book |last1=Wilke |first1=Richard B. |title=Disciple III Remember Who You Are: Study Manual: The Prophets – The Letters of Paul |date=1 September 2010 |publisher=Abingdon Press |isbn=978-1-4267-2788-7 |language=en}}</ref> Men have traditionally removed their caps while praying and worshipping, while women have traditionally worn a [[Christian head covering|headcovering]] while praying and worshipping (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:1–11).<ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Corinthians|11:1–11}}</ref><ref name="Gordon2015">{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Greg |title=Are Head Coverings Really for Today? |url=https://evangelicalfocus.com/yourblog/929/Are-Head-Coverings-Really-for-Today- |publisher=Evangelical Focus |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=English |date=31 August 2015 |quote=Hippolytus an early Church Father wrote, "Let all the women have their heads covered." Others who taught this practice in the Church were, John Calvin [father of the Reformed tradition], Martin Luther [father of the Lutheran tradition], Early Church Fathers, John Wesley [father of the Methodist tradition], Matthew Henry [Presbyterian theologian] to name just a few. We must remind ourselves that until the twentieth century, virtually all Christian women wore head coverings.}}</ref><ref name="Anderson2019"/><ref name="Yegorov2019"/> These practices continue to be normative in certain churches, congregations, and denominations, as well as in particular parts of the world, such as in [[Eastern Europe]] and in the [[Indian subcontinent]], while in the West, attention to these observances has waned generally (apart from those denominations that continue to require them, such as [[Conservative Anabaptist]] churches).<ref name="Anderson2019">{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Cory|last2=Anderson |first2=Jennifer|title=Fitted to Holiness: How Modesty is Achieved and Compromised among the Plain People |date=2019 |publisher=Acorn Publishing |location=[[Millersburg, Ohio|Millersburg]]|page=129}}</ref><ref name="Greg2015">{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Greg |title=Are Head Coverings Really for Today? |url=https://evangelicalfocus.com/yourblog/929/Are-Head-Coverings-Really-for-Today- |publisher=Evangelical Focus |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=English |date=31 August 2015 |quote=One of the most questioned practices in the New Testament in the modern day Western Church is the practice of Head Coverings for women. Yet to get perspective we need to look over the panoply of God's Church for 2000 years and see that this is not something new but old—and has been practiced diligently over the ages. It is hard to imagine but since the 1960s the Church almost entirely practiced this tradition. The influence of secular reasoning, feminism and liberal theology have led to the questioning and, ultimately, the casting aside of this practice in the Church at large in the evangelical world.}}</ref><ref name="Yegorov2019">{{cite web |last1=Yegorov |first1=Oleg |title=Why do women cover their heads in Orthodox churches? |url=https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/331402-women-russican-church-head-cover |publisher=[[Russia Beyond]]|date=11 December 2019 |quote=In the Orthodox tradition, this is a big no-no. Of course, no one would kick a bareheaded woman out of an Orthodox church, should she walk in, but she is very likely to face some disapproving and judging looks, especially from the local babushkas (you'll always find a few babushkas inside an Orthodox church in Russia). The reason is simple: in an Orthodox church, a woman should wear a headscarf.}}</ref> In many [[nondenominational Christian]] churches, it may be customary, depending on the locality, for people to be dressed casually.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gorny |first1=Nicki |title=Sunday style: Churches go for a more relaxed dress code |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2022/01/30/sunday-style-churches-go-for-a-more-relaxed-dress-code/stories/20220130042 |publisher=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]] |access-date=4 December 2022 |date=30 January 2022 |quote=At Five Lakes Church in Sylvania, where a non-denominational and multi-generational congregation sports everything from that suit and tie to summertime shorts and flip-flops, Pastor Micah Sutton offered a similar take. He hopes the casual-to-formal range signals to visitors that they're welcome in the congregation, and that they belong there, regardless of how they style themselves.}}</ref>
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