Ringing the bells, Orthodox church of the Mother of God of Kazan, Davyd-Haradok 2013. Гук царкоўных званоў, царква Маці Божай Казанскай, Давыд-Гарадок 2013 год.
The principal bell-ringer controls the simultaneous ringing of the three small bells with his right hand. With his left hand he hits the separate pads controlling the three medium-size bells. The second ringer controls the main bell.
Although Orthodox churches do not ring the changes as in, say, the Anglican tradition, Othodox bell-ringing has a fast-paced rhythm. At a distance the sound is lighter than that of Western Christian bells, but piercingly loud when one stands in the bell tower:
