Divine St. Thomas More Church

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1. Color Corps Knights, followed by knights in regalia, walk two by two up center aisle to station  and stand at end of every other row to form an honor guard along the center aisle. Honor guard fans out during procession to man aisles, as needed. 2. Icon placement. Icon and escorting two knights, follow honor guard and proceeds to Station , bows before altar, and then moves to icon stand at Station . 3. Icon Stand. Icon escort mounts icon on stand and stands to left and right of stand. 4. Priest and assistants proceed up aisle to Station  (front of altar), bow and move up to altar. 5. Seating of escort. Knights at icon move from icon to Station  and sit in row 2. 6. Seating of Honor Guard. Color Corps and knights follow icon escort to seating area, bowing before altar as they pass en route to Station 

Note: Families of knights should find seating in rows four through 7 before the procession starts. Sunday Icon Veneration St. Thomas More Church

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1. Two Color Corps Knights proceed from seating area to Icon at station  and stand at both sides of icon as an honor guard. 2. Icon relocation for veneration. Icon escorts proceed to Icon and lift it off the stand and proceeds Station , escorted by two Color Corps knights. All bow before altar, and then turn to face the congregation and entrance doors. Color Corps escorts take position at station . 3. Knights in Regalia ushers. Four knights in regalia serve as ushers to assist and direct congregation to Icon at Station . Two of the knights should stay near the front area to relieve Icon Escort(s) should they need relief 4. Priest and assistants visit icon. The priest leads the veneration as the first to approach the icon. 5. Congregation. The congregation is invited to venerate the icon (bowing, touch or kissing). 6. Retiring the icon. Upon completion of veneration, the icon escort and Color Corps returns the icon to the stand and takes this opportunity to venerate the icon. All knights return to their seats. Seating of escort. Knights at icon move from icon to Station  and sit in row 2. 7. Seating of Honor Guard. Color Corps and knights follow icon escort to seating area, bowing before altar as they pass en route to Station  Divine Mercy Sunday Icon Recessional St. Thomas More Church

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1. Color Corps Knights, followed by knights in regalia, proceed from seating at Station  to Station . Knights walk along the outer wall and form along the entrance doors. They proceed two by two up the center aisle to stand at end of every other row. Honor Guard forms along the center aisle and fans out to man aisles, as needed. This is same as the entrance procession order. 2. Icon retirement. Icon escorts wait until Color Corps and honor guard reaches assigned areas at Station . Escorts remove icon  from the stand, proceed to the center aisle at Station  and bow before the altar. They then turn, step forward, and face the sanctuary entrance doors. Escorts wait until the priest and escorts are ready to depart. On cue from the priest, the icon escort proceeds down the center aisle and out the doorway. (Escort and icon remain just outside the doorway along the window area of the Narthex until the sanctuary is emptied.) 3. Color Corps Knights recessional. As the priest and assistants pass the Color Corps Captain, the Captain waits until the priest reaches the baptismal font area and then leads Color Corps and knights in regalia out by folding inward, two by two and following the priest out of the sanctuary. Knights should walk out around both sides of the baptismal font. .

Note: Families of knights depart with the congregation.