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[At the end I had some technical difficulties, so my apologies for the abrupt ending]

After every Liturgy in the Orthodox Church, a prayer to the Theotokos is read which excessively elevates her position and approaches, if not engages in, idolatry. An Orthodox attempt at explaining such a prayer is typically couched in typology. As will be seen, typology cannot deeply enough account for such extreme elevation.

"And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God." (Revelation 22:8-9)