Churchgoers and templegoers: How does your religious leader enter the sanctuary?

Ceremonial procession up the aisle from the rear? side door to platform? secret velvet-hung door behind the altar? cloud of colored smoke?

And will this leader deliver a sermon from a special designated spot?

For context, and if you’re willing, please indicate what sort of religious environment or setting this takes place in.

Tags as I wrote them: priests, preachers, ministers, rabbis, spiritual leaders, places of worship, religious ceremony.