Sign of the Cross.

[Dr Strangelove]

Some Episcopalians ( and Anglicans ) do it, but I don't, 'cause I'm old school.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Didn't know that about the three fingers together.

It's forehead, chest, left shoulder, right shoulder.

How I always remember it is "glory be to the father, (forehead), son (chest), holy spirit (left-right shoulder).

Left to right...that's opposite to how the movie Nuns on the Run taught me about it - "Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch". Don't blame me for that - blame the British and Robbie Coltrane.

[Barnabas]

I do it with my right hand, by putting the thumb and the next two fingers following the thumb together (I dont know the name of those fingers in english)

Then it goes up-down-left-right

I also do it on the street when I pass in front of a catholic church (orthodox and armenian too)

[Elok]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
The old-believer Russians broke off long before the Bolshevik revolution.

JM

Hmm, I really should know more about my own church history. I was thinking of ROCOR, the (newly-non--)schismatic Russians in America. I was aware of the old believers but never really think about them; my bad.

[b etor]

Originally posted by Patroklos
I have only seen Catholics do the sign of the cross.

my lutheran friends say it's optional for them to make the sign.

[Nikolai]

I don't cross myself. But if I were to do it, I wouldn't think of how it was done. God don't see our "technique", our outer show of our faith, he looks to our heart and relation to him.

[Heraclitus]

We aren't trying to figure out which is the right way to do it Nikolai. People are just curius about cultural diffrences and from where they originate.... that or they just like to spam irelevant stuff.

[Nikolai]

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[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Patroklos
I have only seen Catholics do the sign of the cross.

And don't forget it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/aug/27/religion.scotland

A furious row has erupted after a Celtic footballer was given a formal caution for blessing himself during an Old Firm game. Artur Boruc, the Polish goalkeeper, was accused of inciting violence and angering rival supporters by making the gesture in front of Rangers fans at Ibrox stadium in Glasgow.

The Crown Office's decision to give him an official warning has provoked a strong reaction, with politicians and church leaders saying it will make Scotland the 'laughing stock of the world' as players often cross themselves in football grounds. Boruc was cautioned for a breach of the peace after complaints were made by Rangers fans following the game in February.

Rangers being a "protestant" team, Celtic being the "Catholic" team.