The Agape service at the Orthodox church was wonderful. It was yet another service that made me cry! I was not feeling sad or even repentant (those were other times that I cried). I was feeling joyful and blessed to be able to experience the universal aspect of the body of Christ, as several different people from the congregation stood in front of us, taking turns reading the same scripture in each of their own languages. The reading was from the Gospel of St. John 20:19-25. I think that we heard it read in Arabic, Mandarin, Laotian, French, English, Spanish, Russian, Greek(?) and Slavic(?). It was like the world was among us. And I felt so aware of God’s full presence in the world. It reminded me of Pentecost, when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in tongues… and the people from all the different countries were hearing them speak in their native languages. Ah, sweet fellowship! I have included a picture of an Agape service at a Las Vegas Orthodox church. I found it on Google images, under Agape service. You can see that the doors to the Altar are wide open. I will include a link, below, to the Las Vegas Orthodox church’s page, so that you can see more of their pictures. Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen!
http://lasvegasorthodox.com/photos/Pascha_Agape_Service_200402.htm
Learning 2 Live Deliberately 
Hi Deb, I had the exact same reaction to that service. We tend to look at the Church like it only exists here where we are. It was great reminder that Christ is Risen for the WORLD not just us.
Where did you happen upon the LV site?
marco
Hi Mark,
Christ is Risen!
Thanks for commenting.
I went to Google to find the pictures. Instead of searching the web, I searched for images and typed in – Agape service – and the Las Vegas pictures were the first images to show up.