Lukisan Kristen awal tentang Nuh yang berdoa dalam posisi orantLukisan dinding di Katakombe Priskila yang memperlihatkan seorang wanita Kristen mengenakan penutup kepala dan berdoa dalam posisi orantPria Kristen berdoa dalam posisi orant, Katakombe Domitilla, Roma
Orans, kata serapan dari Latin Abad Pertengahanorans (Latin:[ˈoː.raːns]) yang diterjemahkan sebagai "seseorang yang berdoa atau memohon", juga orant atau orante, serta mengangkat tangan suci, adalah postur atau sikap tubuhberdoa, biasanya berdiri, dengan siku dekat dengan sisi tubuh dan dengan tangan terentang ke samping, telapak tangan menghadap ke atas.[1][2][3] Postur doa orans memiliki dasar Alkitabiah dalam 1 Timotius 2 (1 Timotius2:8:NRSV): "Karena itu aku ingin, supaya di setiap tempat orang-orang laki-laki berdoa sambil mengangkat tangan suci mereka ke atas." tangan tanpa marah atau bantahan" (NRSV).[4][5][6]
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^Couchman, Judith (5 March 2010). The Mystery of the Cross: Bringing Ancient Christian Images to Life (dalam bahasa English). InterVarsity Press. hlm. 85. ISBN978-0-8308-7917-5. Because early Christians were Jewish, they naturally lifted their hands in prayer, like the veiled orans figures in the catacombs. The apostle Paul advised the earliest Christians, "I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing" (1 Tim 2:8) and early church literature indicates the widespread practice of this prayer position. In the first through third centuries, Marcus Minucius Felix, Clement of Rome, Clement of Alexandria and Tertullian either advised Christians to lift up hands in prayer, or at least mentioned the practice. Pemeliharaan CS1: Bahasa yang tidak diketahui (link)
^Wainwright, Geoffrey (1997). For Our Salvation: Two Approaches to the Work of Christ (dalam bahasa English). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. hlm. 76. ISBN978-0-8028-0846-2. The piety shows itself in the informal signing of one's body with the sign of the cross, in what 1 TimothyTimothy&chapter=2:8#KJV 2:8:KJV calls "lifting holy hands" in prayer (a gesture stretching from the orans pictures in the catacombs to modern Pentecostalism), in penitential or submissive kneeling, in reverential genuflections, in the ascetical practices suggested by the apostle Paul's athletic imagery (1 Cor. 9:24-27; 1 Tim. 6:6-16; 2 Tim. 4:7f).Pemeliharaan CS1: Bahasa yang tidak diketahui (link)
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^Dawood, Bishoy (8 December 2013). "Stand, Bow, Prostrate: The Prayerful Body of Coptic Christianity: Clarion Review" (dalam bahasa Inggris). Clarion Review. Diakses tanggal 27 July 2020. Standing facing the East is the most frequent prayer position. The person praying usually holds his or her hands outwards in the 'orans' position, which is a common Christian position of prayer, frequently portrayed in ancient Christian art, including in Coptic iconography. At other times, hands may be kept down to the sides or held together as a sign of standing in humility before God. Some people choose to hold a cross in their hands as they stand in the orans position; in this case, the sign of the cross traced over the body ends with kissing the cross.
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^"Why do we extend our arms when praying the Our Father and at other times during the Maronite anaphora?" (dalam bahasa English). Living Maronite. 27 November 2016. Diakses tanggal 24 April 2022. This is sometimes referred to as the Orans posture. The posture is explicitly directed by the presently used Maronite Qorbono. The posture has in its origins an association with prayer. It can be found in the Old Testament. In Psalm 141 we pray: "Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice." The posture is referred to in the New Testament at 1 Timothy 2:8, in the instructions concerning prayer: "I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument;" We see the posture in the early Church catacomb icons as depicted here. The icon perhaps gives us the best indication of why the posture is presently used in the Maronite Mass. Pemeliharaan CS1: Bahasa yang tidak diketahui (link)