thumb|Ilja Praasniekka, the Elijah Day worship on the shore of lake in Ilomantsi, Finland in July 1996 Orthodox Judaism and orthodox Sunni Islam hold that for all practical purposes veneration should be considered the same as prayer; Orthodox Judaism (arguably with the exception of some Chasidic practices), orthodox Sunni Islam, and most kinds of Protestantism forbid veneration of saints or of angels, classifying these actions as akin to idolatry.
thumb|Ilja Praasniekka, the Elijah Day worship on the shore of lake in Ilomantsi Finland in July 1996 Orthodox Judaism and orthodox Sunni Islam hold that for all practical purposes veneration should be considered the same as prayer; Orthodox Judaism (arguably with the exception of some Chasidic practices), orthodox Sunni Isl,am, and most kinds of Protestantism forbid veneration of saints or of angels, classifying these actions as akin to idolatry.