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It seems like the parish idea isn't so pervasive in places like Greece or Russia, where there are so many churches and people visit here and there for a service. I can only speak from my own experience, but in Moscow we are definitely part of a parish where we go for confession and attend services on Sundays and for the major feasts. But during the week, we do visit monasteries. Basically, our liturgical experience is in our parish church but we go to evening services 'here and there' during the week. This is only possible because of the great number of churches and monasteries in Moscow (though these are a fraction of once existed).