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Birthday is a special holiday, which each of us so eagerly awaited in childhood. On this day, you could invite friends to your house, eat sweets and, of course, take gifts from parents, relatives and friends. Over time, growing up, we already have a different attitude to the day of our birth. But gifts - remain an integral attribute of this day. Priests are ordinary people like us, and they also celebrate their birthday, although in a different way than most of us. What to give a priest for a birthday? Find the answer to this difficult question, we suggest to you in the following material.
While attending church services in the church, you often pay attention to how beautifully decorated the icon of the holiday. Usually this image is framed by a beautiful crown of fresh flowers and greens. But other icons both in churches and in domestic prayer corners are often decorated in various ways. Which ones? We will tell about them in our article.
The clergymen, who are coming to the throne of God, wear special clothes for the performance of divine services and sacraments. Each of them has its own symbolic meaning and is made of expensive and high-quality materials. In order for the church vestments to remain festive and solemn for a long time, it needs constant care. Unfortunately, few know how to properly monitor the purity of liturgical clothes. Therefore, this will be discussed in our material.
All material objects that are in the temple and used to perform any church services or sacraments belong to the Church's utensils. As a rule, these products are made of the most high-quality and valuable materials. To buy and keep objects of church utensils made of precious metals, not all Orthodox communities and parishes can afford. Therefore, most churches usually use gold-plated or silver-plated items, which in many ways are much more practical and cheaper.
Sooner or later, each young man makes a choice of life priorities and world outlook. Someone chooses life for themselves, other careers and wealth, others want to become famous - all of them, somehow, prefer the material to the spiritual, placing their ego at the forefront. Rarely does anyone make another choice - he tries to understand why he is here and tries to become a Man.
The birth of a child is one of the most important events in the life of each family, which remains in memory for many years. However, in addition to physical birth, there is also a spiritual birth that occurs in the baptismal font during the Sacrament of Baptism. What is the Sacrament of Baptism and what is necessary for it? The answer to these, and many other questions you will find in this article.
The life of every believer is inseparably connected with a prayer to God and His Blessed Mother and the saints. As a rule, our prayerful communion with the world of mountain passes in front of the different icons. The presence of images in the house - an indispensable attribute of the Orthodox Christian. However, it is worth remembering that the icon - not just an image, a shrine that requires proper care and respect. In the descriptions of the history of many miraculous icons repeatedly skips episode when these images were forgotten and people were in the wrong place and the state, for which the Virgin and various saints punished their keepers. To prevent this, you should not neglect the simple rules of care for the images. How to properly care for the icons? The wash them and clean? On this and will be our story.
Today in our country is celebrated the Family Day, which coincides with the feast day of Saints Peter and Fevronia - patrons of family life. Especially for today's holiday, we have selected for you the 10 best sayings of the holy fathers about the family. We hope that their wise words will help all of us to support love and warmth in their family hearth!
When the disciples asked Jesus Christ what He thought about John the Baptist, the Savior directly named His Forerunner the Angel, and added that of all the people there was not yet more than John the Baptist (Matthew 11: 10-11). Such a high appreciation from the mouth of Christ Himself, already makes for us the personality of Saint John an example for imitation.
But what is the reason that the Church so solemnly celebrates the birth of this great prophet? The fact is that this wonderful event, which is described on the very first pages of his Gospel by the Apostle Luke, is surprisingly multifaceted.
