Number of records: 64

Save you Lord! Tell me, is it possible when reading an akafist in front of the icon of the queen of the Heavenly "Inspromandable Bowl" to call the names of not only those who suffer from the ailment of drunkenness, but also ill people sick people? God bless you.

Alexander

Yes, you can, you pray the queen of heaven, and in front of which icon, not so important.

deacon Ilya Cokin

Hello, please tell me to legend on the orthodox people in the Orthodox People, for a patient with cancer you should read 40 times the Akathist "Summillessness" - is it true?

Ksyusha

Dear Xenia, however, that in the zealous prayers to the Most Holy Virgin the wonderful healing of patients occur. But think that this is happening depending on the number of accumulated acceptors - incorrectly. It is very good to take on such a spiritual feat as a prayer, reading akathist for a loved one. This is an active manifestation of our love, and it is this love that opens the way of God's mercy. "Assist, and will give you," said the Lord. So we will ask, not coming out how much it is necessary to pray. May God help you!

ieria Sergiy Osipov

Hello, father! I had a very difficult situation in the family with loans. I constantly go to church, pray, put a candle. I was advised to read the prayer of Spiridon Trimifutsky and Aacafist, I began to read, say, he helps. Tell me, please, had to take a blessing from the father to read akathist? Now it is very hard for me and difficult. I have no opportunity to go and make it to his relics.

natasha

Natasha, personally, I am generally an opponent of loans. I believe that you need to live in that there is, and then there will be no such problems. In life, I always want more, but you need to learn to live by means, and not in debt. For reading akathist, the blessing is not required, pray that the Lord helps. For the future, I would advise to refrain from loans.

jeromona Victorin (Aseev)

Hello, father! I had such a trouble - from August I began to tremble my head very much, neck. Hospitals did not give results! Now I read the morning prayers then Akathist St. Panteleimon. In the evening - prayers for sleep coming. The blessing of the priest I did not take, because I did not know what it was necessary! I read every day. Is I doing right right and what akathists should I still read?

Victor

igumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello, father. Tell me how to correctly read the Akathist of the Holy Spiridon, how many days akaafist is read, and do you need to take a blessing from the father?

Olga

jeromona Victorin (Aseev)

Hello! After a trip to the icon "Insprising Bowl" in the Serpukhov Monastery, I began to read the Akathist of this icon. I learned that you need to read 40 days. In prayer mentioned several names of the illness of drunkenness, including the name of my girlfriend's husband. Now he has become even more drinking, the atmosphere in the family is mounted. What to do, continue to read akathist? Is it possible to get the blessing of the priest for reading this akathist?

Irina

Irina, for reading akathist you needed to take a blessing immediately, in the temple. In this case, you would pray without hoping only for your strength, but with the help of God. The priest is a conductor of the grace of God. Therefore, when they take a blessing, they are not applied to the hand of the priest, but to the hand of the Lord. Suppose we want to get God's blessing, and how do we learn, he blessed or not? For this, the Lord left the priest on earth, gave him a special power, and the grace of God descends on believers through the priest. In addition, with personal communication, you can ask the father all your questions about what you take a blessing. And the priest will advise that it will be useful for you. On the Internet, it is possible to give only a general advice, but get grace, as well as hear something specific from the Batyushka only in the temple.

ieria Vladimir Shllykov

Hello, father. On the Internet there is an Akathist of the Holy Blessed Ksenia St. Petersburg performed by the church choir. How to listen to him correctly, what should I do before him? I read the correspondence below: "Hello, Sergey! If you have made a prayer rule, a prayer rule for dreams to the coming, then why not listen to a sick church choir." What does it mean "committed the prayer rule for a dream to the coming"? Thank you.

Svetlana

Svetlana, in the correspondence in mind "prayers for sleep sleep", which can be found in any Orthodox prayer. Morning prayers and prayers for sleepy dream are mandatory for every Christian. As for church chants, they can be listened to the pious atmosphere, with reverent attention. Although it is best to read the Akathist St. BLI. Ksenia independently.

igumen Nikon (Golovko)

galina

Galina, if you are going loudly, to read in the Akathist Temple, the blessing of the abbot, of course, is necessarily. The fact is what reading is already not quite private, not personally yours, but rather a public service, and it can somehow not be coordinated with the orders or schedule of the temple, with other subtleties of parish life.

igumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello, father! I have a question. Is it possible to read akathist for a single day every day if he died seven months ago?

jeromona Victorin (Aseev)

tatyana, Valery

jeromona Victorin (Aseev)

Hello! I would like to read the Akathists St. Ksenia Petersburg, Peter and Fevronia, faith, hope of love and their mother Sofia, and the "softening of evil hearts", in the hope that prayers will help me save relationships with your loved one. But I doubt, I learned that the reading of the actions need a blessing! Tell me, is it true? What do you think I have a chance to save relationships with your beloved and melt his heart, which slightly blurted out and cooled to me? And with what prayers help your beloved get rid of past memories who are soul, heart, thoughts and mind? I see how hard it is. Give me my strength! Sorry, save you, Lord!

Nataliya

Natasha, dear! What do the Akathists do you turn into a love spell, you wait for this from them?! And should you not tell you about real problems with your loved one, "about memories", etc.? Maybe it is better to start with the analysis of the problems? By the way, I understand that you had a cohabitation, and not a legitimate marriage?

archpriest Maxim Hiji.

Good day! My question is slightly strange. Why do Accidents end on Kondak 13, no more? Just wondering. Thank you!

georgy.

George, a very good article about the acathists is posted on the site "Orthodox encyclopedia" http://azbyka.ru/dictionary/01/akafist-all.shtml. Read, you will learn a lot of new things, there, by the way, it is said that the number of Ikos and Kondakov is due to historically and associated with the way of musical performance of acafers in antiquity.

igumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello, father! A year ago, my mother died. When she was fang, in her hands they put the icon of the martyr Tatiana, although she is Valentine. Why? And the question is the second: I am very in love with a person who is 12 years old. I broke up with him on my own initiative, because I do not see the desire to build a family with me in him, but I don't want to live with him. Whether I did the right right, and what ankathist should be read to forget this person and find peace and mental balance (half a year has passed, as we broke up, and it hurts very much). Thanks in advance.

Alexandra

Alexandra, women in the coffin usually put the icon of Mother of God. Why did it differently, it's hard for me to say. It may be confused. What you broke up with this person is very correct. It is better to be alone than to build your "happiness" in sin. The Bludniki Kingdom of Heaven does not inherit, remember it always, and you will be calmer and easier for your soul.

jeromona Victorin (Aseev)

Hello! Is it possible to pray and read akathist at home without an icon, because the saints will hear? I can not find the icon of 9-mehanniks of the Kizic in our city. Few people know about them. And so I want to intercession and help! I can not find a suitable job for a long time, and it is so needed, it prayed to many, but it seems to me that I do not hear or I pray not so ... I try to confess, commitory. Thank you for your reply! Save me, God!

Anastasia

Anastasia, the Gospel says: "ask and get". Pray is always good. Even if there is no such icon, in front of which we want to pray, it is necessary to pray, of course, they still need - the saints will definitely hear us. Without a doubt you can pray to this saint, let you and there are no icons. God to help.

jeromona Victorin (Aseev)

Tell me, please, is there a special rule, how many days to read akathist?

Ksenia

jeromona Victorin (Aseev)

Dear father! I read 3 akafista: Ksenyushka, Spiridon and Trifon. These are my most beloved saints. The beginning of ignorance itself, without blessing. Now I have a lot of problems (grandfather sick, difficulty at work, the question of mortgage, etc.), the soul and asked, and the hand itself reached the akafisnik. Today I read on your site that you need to take a blessing on this site. I can go to the church only on weekends - very, a lot of work. And I want to continue with the blessing. Bless me, please, continue reading.

Ksenia

Hello, Ksenia! You wrote something. The blessing for reading akathists should be taken not on the site, but at the father in the temple. Through the Internet, you can advise something, but the grace of God can only be obtained in the temple. Therefore, you can bless when you come to church. Help you Lord!

ieria Vladimir Shllykov

Hello! I decided that I would read the Akathist Spiridon trimifuntsky 40 days. I read 3 days, for 4 days I had no opportunity to do it, I missed one day. Very worried because of this. What should I do now? Is it possible to continue, or start anew?

I began to come with letters with the same question - who pray to conceive and give birth to a child? And I decided to create a page where I will try to clarify this issue for all those who suffered.

So. Why start our appeal to God?

You need to start your prayer petition from sincere repentance, rethinking your life from the moment of saint baptism. In the desire to correct your life, live with God, in the world, love and harmony with others. At the entrance to our monastery there is such an inscription - listen to God in the commandments, so that he heard your prayer. Review your whole life, all your actions, swiven from the heart to confession, it is very desirable to make it like a wife and husband. Here is a link to the list of sins, which will help when preparing for confession

After confession, the Holy Communion is necessary. Ask your father's preparation for communion, he will tell you everything. It is very desirable that the husband and wife will often come up and confessed, at least 2 weeks. Take the blessing of the priest who was confessed to reading the Akathist of the Mother of God and her Icon Fedorovskaya. Many miracles occurred on prayer for her about Chadorody. (Akathist you can find on the site in the Akathisti section) Of course, you can also pray for another saint or gentlemen himself, listen to the call of my heart, who is closer to you, to whom you are experiencing hope, faith and love, and pray.

Many are asked, but is it necessary to take a blessing for reading akathist? Is it possible to read without it?

Blessing is very desirable, I will not even say! It will save you more than once from attacks, temptations. After all, the forces from the evil does not want your prayerful labor. Do not want you to become closer to God .. Therefore, temptations can be much over a period of forty-day reading. They can manifest themselves in different ways .. or the attacks of despondency, depression, when you want to throw prayer, or weakness, or drowsiness, malaise, disbelief .. a short tricks can apply demons so as not to give you to make this prayer doing .. and blessing like a shield will protect you.

Accident reading is a prayerful work. The vow, which you give God and the Mother of God. Read the Akathist forty days. (Forty-cyfra Conditional, you can take a blessing and 60 until receiving a response from the Lord, it is necessary to solve you) miss, you must repent of confession for the violated promise. But try not to skip my best. Position asking in your own words from the heart before reading or after. It is very desirable at this time to establish a post commensurate with your capabilities. You can give Voids to the Lord, the Virgin will get rid of some kind of sin, passion, habits .. But the failure to fulfill the vow is a great sin, so make a decision thoroughly thinking and understanding. Order about your health bloodless sacrifice, ask your temple that it is necessary for this, usually it is koror, flour, butter, incense, candles in the altar .. (for liturgia). Order it at least once a month. Well, the forts of the health. More create alms, mercy and good deeds. And remember that the will of God is greater. Adding at the end of the prayer - not as I want the Lord, but like you. Ask the Virgin to instruct, enlighten, enlighten, specify the path. And be sure to get help!

The Lord sees and hears all your prayers! And does not give a request, for so many reasons, each person has its own. Or not the time also a person is not ready for the acceptance of the desired, although it thinks it is sure that I am ready, or he is waiting for repentance in sins of asking and correcting his life, or the Lord sees that the request will be unpleasant for this person .. and maybe the Lord is waiting humility and teaches patience. The fishery of God, sometimes incomprehensible for us, but he is always aimed at the benefit for the soul of man, for his salvation.

I will give you such an example from personal life. How did a young family appealed to me with the same question .. what to do and who to pray? The girl was diagnosed with infertility. She began to read the Akathist of the Mother of God and her Icon Feodorovskaya. For five months, she lived in the wedding of the miracle .. and when everything was done, I realized that on all the will of God. And he was already thinking to take a baby from the orphanage .. and the miracle happened! The Lord awaited her humility. Now she has two children. Thank God for everything! In general, thank God for everything! For every hour of your life! For everything that the Lord gives for the benefit of ours! Remember the righteous Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Virgin. The Lord bestowed them for righteous life, for patience, humility, and prayer. Look for and unite! Ask and give you! Touch and cure to you!

Help you Lord and Holy Mother of God! The world you and your loved ones!

The centuries-old church culture stores in their stores a lot of chants genres, among whom Akathist occupies a special place.

Akathists are translated into many languages: Greek, Romanian, Serbian, Polish, Czech and others.

Accounts to read Akathist Saints

What is akathist? This is a laudatory chant, thanksgiving devoted to God, his mother, holy aspices, angels, archangels.

Akathist is a laudatory chant, thanksgiving, dedicated to God, his mother, holy aspices, angels, archangelm

The laudatory song includes from 25 songs divided into two groups:

1. Kondaki - 13 works embodying in their lines summary Holiday or Praudnaya Holy Holy, his reading always ends with the prayer "Aliluia";
2. Icros - 12 works explaining the essence of the festive event, always ending with the exclamation "Rejoice."

Not every Christian understands how to read the akathist.

Attention! Refrigeration is made only for pregnant women and weak people - they are allowed to read it sitting, as a last resort - lying.

1. Translated from the ancient Greek language means "non-postal singing". Therefore, the solemn anthem is always performed in the standing position.
2. For the blessing of the priest, it can be read both in the walls of the temple and at home.
3. In front of his pronomization, presenter prayers are read, it is they pronounced before the start of the main prayers.
4. After reading them, akafist and prayer read.

Important! The solemn song is allowed to take on any days, except for the good.

Why read

Akathist Tsaritsa Heaven consists of 25 stanza located in a certain order. It only comes over once - on Saturday the fifth week of the Great Post.

Usually the Virgin is asked:

• on the gift of healing in severe diseases;
• about getting rid of drug addiction and alcoholism;
• on help in raising children;
• about the intelligence;
• on victory over enemies and other important points of earthly life.

Akathist Tsaritsa Heavenly wakes up only once - on Saturday the fifth week of the Great Post

PUB SONG OF WOMAN RECAGE:

• with all sorcers, needs;
• when moving to a new home;
• about getting rid of sinful attack;
• with severe material position;
• in other difficult life circumstances.

Some Orthodox Akathists:

Important! Before the first independent account of the Akathist, it is recommended to listen to it in the church or in audio recordings. Thus, it will be clear: with which intonation is pronounced by the anthem, where to put emphasis, which volume and sound should be at the chants.

Power of Akathista

• the praiseing oode goes in those moments when the prayer soul is very hard, thereby the sacred song fills it with joy, happiness and harmony;
• with an independent regular reading, the prayer room fully understands the entire essence of being and what faith is the Lord;
• if the reader doubts something and he does not have the opportunity to consult with the cleric, after the commission of a laudatory song, the doubt will disappear by themselves and the person will become confident in himself and its forces of Christian;
• akathist can heal both physical and spiritual illnesses - the main thing, to have a firm faith to help with heaven.

Water cruise prayer with akathist

Prayer - this is a special service in which the sky begged by the prayer to give a prayer with grace and raise thanks for the requested benefits.

Water bubble prayer

Attention! Water binders are called the prayers in which the chin of the sanctification of water is included. At its end, the Akathist Father Heaven, the Virgin, Holy, Archangelam, Angels is read.

Water is consecrated by special ranks:

1. For the water construction on the table in the middle of the temple, a bowl, filled with water, crucifix and gospel, candles are lit.
2. Click starts reading psalms, trails, baptism and every water is performed.
3. At the end of the prayer, those from the parishioners who ordered his ministry, receive holy water to drink with faith and prayer, at the same time asking for the God forgiving sins and get rid of the ailments and their loved ones.

The consecrated water is identical in composition and origin of the most common water (water supply, well, river), but in the process of water and after performing a prayer reading, it miraculously acquires graceful and healing properties.

It is a saving for a believer.

Tip! By tradition, the consecrated water is customary to use an empty stomach.

How to feed notes for prayer

1. In order for the father to prayed together with the prayerhouse itself on prayer, it is necessary to submit a note in the church shop with the names of those who will be raised by prayer.
2. Each name should be inserted in the parental case (answer the question of whom? - John, Nina, Baby Sergius, Ekaterina's sorties).
3. Names should indicate that they are given to a person in the sacrament of baptism, their writing should be church (for example, Dmitry - Dimitri, Ivana - John, Tatiana - Tatiana).
4. Familia, kinship, citizenship - no need to write, you can only specify the need - sore, warrior, traveler.
5. On the same form you need to specify no more than 10 names, but if there is a desire to pray for a larger number of people, you should submit several notes.

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Akathist is composed with a special thoroughness of a laudatory prayer, producing the skills of everyday prayer from an Orthodox Christian.

Tip! Before the start of reading a laudatory anthem, it is important to concentrate on prayer, be a sincere, attentive, prayer, and the words of the Akathist to take with heart repentance.

Akathist will help a person get used to prayer as the main part of worship, which is why the Akathist is read in Orthodox churches as a cathedral prayer.

sacra. Andrei Dudchenko

Pious is like a vertical, striving from the ground to the sky (God), church etiquette is a horizontal (man-man). At the same time, it is impossible to climb the sky, not like a person, and you can not love a person, not like God: if we love each other, then God is in us (), and not loving his brother, whom he sees how to love God, who is not sees? ().

Thus, spiritual grounds define all the rules of church etiquette, which should regulate the relationship between believers, as directed towards God.

There is an opinion that "manner does not mean, as God looks at the heart. The latter, of course, is true, but the virtue itself insults if it connects with repulsive manners. Of course, the horrific intentions may hide behind the brilliant severity, which is associated with the iconic nature of our behavior, when, say, the gesture can open our state or desire, but can hide. So, Pontius Pilate in the same modern novel, washing his hands on the court over Christ, gives such an interpretation to his gesture: "Let the gesture be elegant and the symbol is impeccable, since the act is dishonorable." Similar abilities of people with the help of a meaningful gesture, good manner to hide a thin heart cannot serve as an excuse in the absence of a church "good tone". "Bad tone" in the temple can become a pretext of a low-member man on his way to God. Recall the lamination and complaints of the converts that come to the temples and meet there sometimes just barbaric attitude towards themselves from those who consider themselves to be choking. How many rudeness, primitive mentality, hostility and misfortune can be found in other communities! How many people are in particular from the number of youth and intelligentsia - wore parishes because of this! And once they, these gone, come again to the temple? And what answer will give those who served as temptation on the way to the temple?!

The god-fearing and churchly educated person, if he sees anything digestible in the behavior of another, only with love and respect, corrects his brother or sister.

Indicatively in this regard is the case of Life Rev.:

"The old man held one habit of his worldly life, precisely - sometimes he, sitting down, believed his leg behind his leg, which could not seem completely depletive. Some brethren saw it, but none of them dare to make a remark to him, because everyone even respected him. But only one old man, Avva Pimen, said brethren:

"Go to Avve Arsenya, and I will sit with him as sometimes he sits down; Then you make me a remark that I'm not well sitting. I will ask you for forgiveness; At the same time, we will fix the elder. "

They went and did so. Rev. Arseny, realizing that it was so indecent to sit inchu, left his habit "(the lives of the saints. Month May. Day eighth).

The politeness, as a component of etiquette, the spiritual person can become a means attracting the grace of God. Usually under politeness understand not only the art of externally, the inner respect, which we have to a person, but also the art of being friendly with people to whom we are not location. What is it - a hypocrite, hypocrisy? For a human spiritual, who knows the innermost dialectic of external and internal, politeness can become a means on the way and the development of humility.

An expression of one devotee is known: do external, and for the external Lord will give and internal, for the external belongs to a person, and the inner - to God. With the appearance of external signs of virtue, the virtue itself is gradually increasing in us. This is how wisely wrote about this bishop: 1 "Who prevents the greetings of others with his greeting, expresses to all the helpfulness, respect, everyone prefers everywhere, silently suffers from various grief and straightely strains mentally and practically and in self-satellite for Christ, that first time is experiencing a lot Heavy and difficult for personal pride minutes.

But for the bad and patient fulfillment of the commandment of God about humility on him, over his grace of the Holy Spirit, softens his heart for genuine love for God and to people, and bitter experiences are replaced by sweet.

So the actions of love without the corresponding feelings of love, in the end, is rewarded with the outpouring in the heart of heavenly love. The humoring begins to feel in the surrounding people of relatives in Christ and is located to them benevolence. "

The trapese procedure at the parish often copies the monastic: if it is a weekday table, then the fired reader, standing behind the analog, after the blessing of the priest, for editing the gathered loudly reads live or instruction, which is heard with attention. If this is a festive meal, where the birthdays congratulate, the spiritual wishes are heard, toasts; Those who wish to pronounce well thinking in advance what to say.

The table is observed by the measure in everything: in the Istics and Child, in conversations, jokes, the duration of the feast. If gifts are presented by the birthday girl, then it is most often an icon, a book, church utensils, sweets, flowers. The culprit of the celebration at the end of the feast thanks all the gathered who sing to him then "a lot of summer". Praise and thanks to (in the environment of believers, it is customary to utter a complete, not a truncated Thanksgiving formula: not "thank you", but "save God" or "Save, Lord") Dinner organizers, all those who have worked in the kitchen, also observe the measure, for " The kingdom of God is not a person and being, but the joy of Dolu is holy. "

On the behavior of the parishioners carrying church obedience.

The behavior of parishioners carrying church obedience (trade in candles, icons, cleaning of the temple, the protection of the territory, singing on the closure, serving in the altar) - a special topic. It is known how much obedience is attached to the Church. To do everything in the name of God, overcoming her old man - the task is very difficult. It is still complicated by the fact that "addictive to the shrine", the feeling of the owner (hostess) in the church, is quickly appearing, when the arrival begins to seem their victim, and hence the disregard for all "external", "coming." Meanwhile, the holy fathers do not say anywhere that obedience is above love. And if God is love, how can you be like himself, without being loved?

Brothers and sisters carrying obedience in the temples should be a sample of meekness, humility, innovation, patience. And the most elementary: culture: for example, be able to respond to phone calls. Who had to call in the temples, knows what kind of culture is said, - sometimes you do not want to call anymore.

On the other hand, people who go to the temple should be known that the church is a special world with their rules. Therefore, it is impossible to go to the temple defiantly dressed: women should not be in pants, short skirts, without a headdress, with lipsticks on the lips; Men should not come in shorts, tennisks, they should not smell tobacco. These questions are not only piety, but also etiquette, because violation of behavior standards can be caused by a fair negative reaction (even if only in the shower) in others.

All the same, who had for some reason unpleasant moments of communication at the parish, - the Council, you came to God, to him and bring your heart, and the temptation to overcome prayer and love.

In the monastery

Known the love of the Orthodox people to monasteries. They are now in Russian Orthodox church About 500. And in each of them, in addition to thereof, there are hardships, pilgrims who come to strengthen in faith, piety, work in the glory of God over the restoration or improvement of the monastery.

In the monastery more strict discipline than at the arrival. And although the misses of the newcomers are usually forgiven, covered with love, it is advisable to go to the monastery, already knowing the launches of the monastery rules.

Spiritual administrative device of the monastery.

The monastery of Sacredarchimandrit is headed - the ruling bishop or (if the monastery is Stavropigial) Patriarch himself.

However, directly controls the governor's monastery (it can be archimandrite, Igumen, Hieromona). In antiquity, he was called the builder, or Igumen. The female monastery is managed by Igumenia.

Due to the need for a clear glorification of monastic life (and monasticism is a spiritual path, so applied and polished and polished by century, which can be called academic) in the monastery, each carries a certain obedience.

The first assistant and deputy governor - dear. In his jurisdiction, all worship, fulfilling statutory requirements. It is usually aimed at the issue of placing the pilgrims who come to the monastery.

An important place in the monastery belongs to the confessor who spiritually shakes his brotherhood. Moreover, it does not have to be an elder (both in the sense of age and in the sense of spiritual tissues).

From experienced brethren: treasurer (responsible for storage and distribution from the blessing of the governor of donations), sacristy (responsible for the well-being of the temple, purposes, utensils, the storage of litrorship books), Economy (responsible for the economic life of the monastery, seeks obedience to employees who came to the monastery), Keler (responsible for storing and harvesting products), hotel (responsible for the placement and accommodation of the guests of the monastery) and others.

In women's monasteries, these obediences are pursuing in the monastery of the monastery, with the exception of the confessor, who is appointed by the archite from among the experienced and usually elderly monks.

Appeal to monks.

In order to contact the monastery (inhabric) of the monastery correctly, it is necessary to know that there are novices (obedients) in the abode (novice), ryasophile monks (nuns), mantle monks (nuns), Schimonahi (Schimonakhini). In the men's monastery, part of the monks has a sacred san (serve with a deacon, priests).

The appeal in the monasteries is as follows.

In the men's monastery.

You can contact the governor with an indication of his position. ("Father governor, bless")or with the use of name ("Father Nikon, Bless"),perhaps simple "Batyushka"(Rarely used). In the official setting: "Your high-finished"(if the governor is archimandrite or igumen) or "Your Preventus"(if hieromon). In the third face they say: "Father governor", "Father Gabriel".To the usual refer to: indicating the post ("Father delirious"),with the addition of name ("Father Paul"), "Batyushka".In the third face: "Father delirious" ("Contact your father's father)or "Father ... (Name)". To the confessor addressed the name of the name ("Father John") or simply "Batyushka". In the third face: "What will advise the confessor", "what the father of John will say."

If the economy, sacristy, treasurer, the koler have a priestly san, you can contact them "Batyushka"and ask for blessings. If they are not ordered, but have a stop, say, "Father Economy", "Father Treasurer".

Ieromonakh, Igumen, Archimandrita can be said: "father…(name)", "Batyushka".

To the monk having a posture, appeal: "father",to the novice - "brother"(if the novice in old age is "Father"). In contact with samples, if you are used, the prefix "SHA" is added - for example: "I ask your prayers, Father Schirchimandrit."

In the women's monastery.

Igifications, unlike nuns, wears a golden cross and has the right to bless. It is therefore asking for blessings, turning in this way: "Mother of Jumulation";or with the name: "Mother of Barbara", "Mother Nicholas"or simply " mother". (In the Women's Monastery, the word "Mother" refers only to ignition. Therefore, if they say. "Mother considers so much," implies to ignition.)

In appeal to nuns say: "Mother of the Eulampia", "Mother Serafima",but in a specific situation you can simply "mother".To obedient addressed: "sister"(in case of old age, obedient may appeal "mother").It does not find a spiritual justification for the practice of some parishes, where the parishioners working in the kitchen in the sewing workshop, etc., are called matushki. In the world, Matushka is customary to call only the wife of the priest (Batyushka).

About monastic rules.

The monastery is a special world. And you need time to assimilate the rules of the monastic hostel.

Since this material is intended for laity, we indicate only the most necessary thing that must be observed in the monastery during pilgrimage.

• Having come to the monastery pilgrim or an affirmative, remember that in the monastery, the blessing is requested and strictly fulfilling it.
• From the monastery without blessing it is impossible to go out.
• Leave outside the monastery all their sinful habits and addictions (wine, tobacco, foul language, etc.).
• Talk leadonly about the spiritual, they do not remember about worldly life, do not pass each other, but they know only two words - "sorry" and "bless."
• Without Ropota, they are content with food, clothing, sleep conditions, eat only on a common meal.
• Do not go to other people's cheeses, except when they are sent by the abbot. At the entrance to Kelia, we create loud prayer: "The prayers of the saints of our father, Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, have mercy with us" (in the Women's Monastery: "Our Prayers of Our Mothers ..."). Not included in Kelia, as long as they will not hear because of the door: "Amen."
• Avoid free circulation, laughter, jokes.
• When working on obedience, they are trying to shoot a weaker, which works nearby, with love covering errors in his work. With a mutual meeting, they welcome each other bows and words: "Saw, brother (sister)"; And the other answers this: "Save, Lord." Unlike the world, they do not take each other's hand.
• Sitting at the table in the refectory, observe the order of seniority. On the prayer that the feeding food is acting, "Amen" responds, the table is silent and read reading.
• It is not late for worship, unless in employment on obedience.
• Insults found on general obedience are postponed humbly, acquiring the experience in spiritual life and love for brethren.

How to behave at the reception at the bishop

The bishop - the Angel of the Church, without the bishop, the church loses its completeness and the very essence. Therefore, the church man always relates to the bishops with particular respect.

Referring to the bire, it is important "Vladyko" ("Vladyko, Bless")."Vladyko" is the charting case of the Church Slavonic language, in the nominative case - Vladyka; eg: "Vladyka Bartholomew blessed you ...".

Eastern (coming from Byzantium) solemnity and multi-abscomise in appeal to the bishop at first, even embarrassing the heart of a low-member man who can see here (on actually, not existing), the diminution of his own human dignity.

IN official circulation Other expressions are used.

Turning to the bishop: Your Eminence; Hurrying Lord. In the third face: "His Eminence has ordained in the diacon's ...".

Turning to the Archbishop and Metropolitan: Your Eminence; High envy Vladyko. If you want to join the conversation with an unfamiliar to you and you are unknown, on which hierarchical stage it is, - pay attention to the headdress of the bishop: In the modern Russian law-nice church, the Archbishop, unlike the bishop, wears a small four-site on hood or skuffide cross-transparent stones; In addition, Metropolitan, unlike bishop and archbishop, white hood. In general, the distinguishing feature of the bishop - wearing them sacred clothes Round Panagia with the image of the Savior or God's Mother. INthird Face: "On the blessing of his extremely institutions we inform you ...".

Turning to the Patriarch: Your Holiness; Holy Vladyko.In the third face: "His Holiness visited ... Diocese."

The bishop take a blessing in the same way as the priest: the palms are folded crosswise one on the other (right at the top) and are suitable for a blessing bonus.

The phone conversation with the bishop is beginning with the words: "Bless, Vladyko"or "Bless, Your Highland (Eminence)".

The letter can be started with the words: "Vladyko bless"or "Your Eminence (Eminence), bless."

With the official written appeal to the bishop adhere to the following form.

In the upper right corner of the sheet they write, observing strokes:

His Pre-Revolution

Pre-secrecy(name),

Bishop(name of the diocese),

Petition.

When contacting K. archbishop or Metropolitan:

His highly institution

Eminence(name),

archbishop(Metropolitan),

(name of the diocese),

Petition.

When contacting the Patriarch:

His Holiness

Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All

Rus Alecia

Petition.

Finishing a petition or letter usually with such words: "I ask the prayers of your hostel ...".

Priests, in essence, in church obedience, write: "Smart novice of your Eminence ...".

At the bottom of the sheet put the date on the old and new style with the indication of the saint, the memory of which the church honors on this day. For example: July 5/8, 1999 according to R. X. (Christmas Christ). PS Sergius Radonezhsky.

Having come to the bishop into the diocessed control, approach the secretary or the head of the office, are presented and reported for what reason they ask for admission.

Entering the bishop office, make a prayer. "The prayers of the saint lord of our, Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, have mercy with us,"flies on the icons in the red corner, suitable for the bishine and ask for his blessings. At the same time, it is not necessary from, excessive reverence or fear to become knees or fall of the NIC (if you, of course, did not come to some sin).

There are usually many priests in the emergency management, but it is not necessary to take a blessing for each of them. In addition, there is a clear rule: in the presence of the bishop do not take blessings from the priests, but only greet them with a slight tilt of the head.

If the bishop comes out of the cabinet to the receptionist, under the blessing to it approached by rank: first priests (for seniority), then laity (men, then women).

The conversation of the bishop must not interrupt the request for a blessing, but they are waiting for the end of the conversation. His appeal to the bishine is considered in advance and set it out briefly, without unnecessary gestures and facial expressions.

At the end of the conversation, they again ask for blessings from the bishop and, crossing the icons in the red corner, are deleted.

In the days of grief

Finally, several comments about the time when they refuse all the festivals. This is the time of mourning, that is, the outdoor expression of the feeling of sorrow along the mustache.

Split deep mourning and ordinary mourning.

Deep mourning is worn only on his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, husband, wife, brother, sister. Mourning for Father and Mother continues one year. By grandfather Ibabushka - six months. On her husband - two years, in his wife - one year. For children - one year. By brother and sister - four months. According to uncle, a toet and a cousin relative - three months. If the widow, contrary to the decency, enters into a new marriage earlier than the end of the mourning of the first husband, then she should not invite anyone from the guests to the wedding. These deadlines can be reduced or increased if the remaining in this Earth Yudoli remains in this earthly yudoli received a special blessing from the dying, for to death benevolence, blessing (especially parental) refer to respect and reverence.

In general, in Orthodox families without the blessing of parents or senior do not take any important solutions. Children from an early age skill even on everyday affairs to ask for the blessings of the father and the mother: "Mommy, I go to bed, bless me." And the mother, crossing the child, says: "Guardian angel for you to sleep." A child goes to school, hike, to the village (to the city) - on all ways it keeps his parent blessing.

If possible, parents join their blessing (with the marriage of children or before their death) visible signs, gifts, blessings: crosses, icons, holy power, the Bible, which, making up a homemade shrine, are transmitted from the genus.

Inexhaustible bottomless sea of \u200b\u200bchurch life. It is clear that in this small book only some of the drawing of church etiquette are given.

Hegumen Aristarkh (Lohapov)

Orthodox view of church blessing

Every Christian asks for a blessing from a priest or a bishop on important events in his life. Also believers ask for blessings when meeting with the priest. In addition, the blessing in one form or another is present in church worship. Now, unfortunately, in the minds of many believers, there was another understanding of the blessing as permission or even commands to commit any action ...

Most of the priests today at the request of the blessing will sow a man with a congestion and, most likely, will not say any words either say something like: "God bless." Although it would be necessary to say: "God is blessed" or something like that. The Greeks have a priest when blessing says: "About Kirios", i.e. "Lord." This is a reduced response option: "Lord is blessed."

To see how the blessing is understood in the church legend, which is expressed in the opinion of the Liturgic, turn to our divine service.

At the end of the evening and uterine, the choir sings, turning to the Primate: "Bless." Following this, the priest utters the priestly: "My blessed Christ is our God ..." (By the way, here the priest calls God the sacred Old Testament name "Yahwe" - "Sy" - "Summer". The same name is written on the icons of Christ).

The teacher of the Orthodox St. Tikhonovsky Theological Institute M. Yolovov speaks about this (I quoting the abstract of his lectures from the Internet): "You see how great daring in the Christian religion: in the Old Testament, the high priest only this word uttered once a year, and in the New Testament Each father at the end of the service pronounces this head: "Syon blessed! .." We have the word "bless" often associated with a request to the priest: "Battyushka, bless!" And the father blesses.

In fact, if we look at the patristic interpretations and the Bible itself, the main meaning of the word "bless" is to "bless God". And the choir sings: "Bless!", And the priest says: "The Lord is blessed," the Lord blesses. And this ancient tradition is observed here: we will not bless us, sings here a chorus, and "bless" mean "God".

And the priest blesses: "My blessed is our God God," thereby confessing Christ by God. The blessing in the biblical understanding of this word is the blessing of God. Such an understanding was preserved for quite a long time. Recall an example from the lives of Rev. Maria Egypt. When Zosima meets with her, they argue for a long time who should bless who. Finally, Rev. Maria is inferior and says: "Bless God", i.e. Blesses God.

Bless God, a person comes into special spiritual relations with him, and this blessing passes. Such is the biblical model. Following the blessing of God, God himself blesses a person.

When a priest or bishop ask to give a blessing to someone, it most often understands this way: the clergyman blesses a person, and that means that God blesses him. In fact, God blesses a person through the fact that a person himself first blesses God. This is the model used in the Bible.

Thus, when the priest is asking for a blessing, he must, bless the glory sign, bless God, and the Lord himself will give a blessing asking him. Or will not give - God is free in his decision. And he is entitled to not give the blessing to the one who blesses the priest.

Now imagine the following situation. I asked for a blessing for any business and got it. Does this mean that I should certainly do what I conceived? No, does not mean. I asked the blessing of God - and therefore I asked God to intervene in my situation. And if this is a matter of good - God will arrange everything so that the case is made. If it is not good - the Lord somehow tells me this. In any case, I should not be guided by the principle in order for anything to do what I was blessed.

once asked the question: "Is it connected somehow blessing with a prayer? In the Russian church, canonized enough: for any reason you have to ask for a blessing ... What is the connection: what is God, and what not? There is always this very difficult moment: maybe it's unlikely to God ... I have such a self that I often just forget about it, just doing everything. But this can be mechanically: I asked the blessing, and went, and you answer, since you blessed. I have experience; I, if I want, I still do, if not allowed, and I paid for it to the extent that I was promised. There is a moment: sticking to yourself ... "

Vladyka Antoni answered this: "When we are small children, we ask dad or mom: I can play, you can play something or another? .. When we are doing a little more than an adult, we understand that now we are not up to the game, now we need something else to do, and then We no longer ask: dad, let, mom, let me, - but we know that now time, I will do it with God's blessing, if it is not a bad business on my own. And things are mostly medium in the sense that it may be not bad, but maybe not particularly good, there is nothing special about it, I can do it.

And if everything turns into such a situation that it is necessary to ask for a blessing about each thing, first, not whom, secondly, is even worse when there is anyone that he has a smelter or mind or experience it or he will be stop and talking: no, it is necessary to certainly, and not otherwise. It is necessary to somehow in an adult to be able to make a choice, sometimes thinking, sometimes consulting, and somehow internally saying: Lord, bless, I will do it, as I can! "

Then the conversation with Lord Anthony continued: "You can, I will hang you a little? I got to Russia with this blessing, I wanted to buy a car, came to the father: I need you to buy me a car ... He says: I am generally doing me, somehow I do more spiritual, but about the car must be consulted with Who does machines do, who understands something in them ... Since then, I have become more or less, but sometimes confused.

Thank God, here, a reasonable man turned out to be! You can always say: Lord, in my opinion it is not a bad thing - bless! If it is not for you, put some barrier so that it does not happen ...

I must pray, and you feel!

I think that such absolute rules are risky. Now you have such a mood and the soul is open, and you feel: here, yes! .. And at the other time you called and you do not have such a living feeling that God blesses you or not. I think that then you need to think: this is a good deal, right? Or even "mean" in the sense that there is nothing particularly good in it, nor bad, just everyday some business. Pray for him and give God to something to do what you yourself do not know how.

Not everything we can do and not about everything we can ask for: Lord, to mention me! .. - And God for the soul, you already put the answer. Sometimes it happens so - I now do not think about children, but about adults: a person needs something, and you can't help him. There is a very wonderful place in one letter, where he says: sometimes it happens that a person has a need or pain, he needs something and no one can help him, because God knows that he is not ripe to take this help. He may accept it - mechanically: "Ah, he was freed," and then he will return to the same problem again because he did not heal her in himself. So it is not always possible to solve any problem. This is not a consolation, say, a priest who does not find any answers to any questions, but it means that sometimes you feel that there is no, I could formally say something, but this is the answer is not this person and not the answer. "

sacra. Andrei Dudchenko

The right to decide when it is to turn with a prayer to the Holy Defender, given to each person. According to the priests, it is necessary to do this in the call of the heart. Many believers are interestedHow to correctly read the akathists at home, whether there are prohibitions to do it during the post. This includes strictly defined recommendations. For the blessing of the priest, it is quite acceptable to contact the saints not only in the walls of the temple, but also at home.

Akathists in Orthodoxy

First of all, it is necessary to understand what an akathist is and when he is read. In the tradition of Orthodox Christian worship, there are several varieties of prayer sequences. The most ancient and traditional of them are counted canons. In the 19th - 20th centuries, other types of glorifying chants were widely distributed - Akathists.

Akathist is customary to call a special poetic shape, a laudatory chant in honor of Jesus, Mother of God or Saints. In their form and essence, these chants are very close to more ancient booms.

Each akathist includes 25 songs: the main candy, followed by 12 Kondakov are located consistently (Pupping songs) alternating with 12 ikos (extensions). All songs are located in order of letters in the Greek alphabet. The first Kondak and all the ICOS end with the chorus "Rejoice!", And all the candy - the chorus "Allilia". Traditionally, the last Kondak addressed to whom the entire anthem is dedicated, and is read three times in a row.

The word "Akathist" translated from the ancient Greek means "non-postal singing". This solemn chant is permissible to perform only standing.

When you should read

These solemn hymns do not belong to the category of mandatory liturgical ranks. An exception is only akathist to the Most Holy Theotok "sweated the governor ..."

To contact the Mother of God and the holy waters of God, you can call upon assistance in the following situations:

1. Surrounding ORDA should be used in those moments when it is very hard in the soul. This sacred song will help to fill the soul with joy and harmony.
2. You can pray, Using to help the saints in worldly affairs.
3. If doubts grant in the soul, and there is no possibility to consult with the cleric, you can read your own laudatory song. This will help discard doubts and gain confidence in yourself in God's help.
4. With the help of reading akathist, physical and mental illness can be heal. It is very important at the same time to firmly believe in the help of heaven.

Reading at home

Often, women ask questions, is it possible to read acafers during critical days. There are no prohibitions on this topic and you can no doubt to turn to heaven if there has been a mental need.

Reading order

During home reading, the beginning and end of the prayer is usual. You can read an akathist or canon after the morning or evening rules or before the prayer "worthy ...".

When reading separately from the morning or evening praying, a certain sequence of prayers is pronounced first, then Psalm 50 and the faith symbol.

Reading the same Akathist occurs in a certain sequence. Kondak 13 is repeated three times in a row, immediately after it is pronounced Ikos 1, follows 1 Kondak.

Upon completion of reading, certain prayers are ascended. You can find their texts and sequences in any prayer.

When reading, you can encounter some conventions in Orthodox literature:

1. If it is written "Glory:" or "Trooked:", the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit should be pronounced "Glory."
2. Instead of words "and now" or "Virgin" are pronounced words "and now and confused and forever. Amen".
3. Reducing "Glory, and now:" It is customary to understand as a consistent combination of these two exclamations.

What chants to choose in everyday needs

In every everyday need (for anything), you can resort to the help of certain saints or the icons of the Mother of God.

Appeal to the Most Holy Virgin

Akathists are different saints

There is a list of prayer glorifying chants, allowing to contact the saints in every need and everyday sorrow:

In Orthodox tradition, accepted Akathist Angel Custodian Read on Mondays. Why this particular day is chosen, not everyone is known. In the Church, the first day of the week is considered an angel day. Appeal to his guardian angel on this day will help safely live all week.

This is not a complete list of solemn church chants. If the festive day is read on the canon and akathist to the same holiday or icon, to start reading akathist follows after the sixth of the Canon's song instead of the Kondak and Ikos.