The Sequence of Greetings is one of the most familiar to the Greek people. The most pleasant Sequence of our Church, for its chanting and its texts, but also because it addresses with devout familiarity to the Mother of Christ. The devotion of the faithful is manifested with a crowded participation in the Sequence of Greetings as soon as the church bell rings. The faithful, with the Summary in their hands, will have the courage to silently chant along with the cantors and the priest...
(From the folklore of Dimitris S. Loukatos)