My mom went to Valaam and brought me a native cross as a gift. This is a four-pointed pointed cross with seven groups of circles on it. What is this type of cross, and where you can read about it in more detail, about its history, type, etc.? And can I wear two crosses at the same time?
Velikiy Novgorod
Dear Dmitry, the Orthodox Church honors any cross depicting the Tree of the godfather, on which our Jesus Christ was crucified. Although now in our church, the predominant shape of the cross is the eight-spin, but other forms of the cross are also accomplished - and six-pointed, and four-pointed, if only he was wearing a reverence of the Cross of the Lord.
It is important when choosing a native cross, follow the fact that the cross is the banner of our faith, the symbol of the victory of Christ over the enemy of the human race, wearing it not as a jewelry or a memorable gift and not even in memory of the trip along the holy places, but in the first The queue as a sign of understanding that the Cross of Christ is the only thing that the Christian can praise, as well as the sign of her willingness to take his personal cross and follow Christ.
If we are wearing a second cross bought by your mom, strengthens your faith in the saline of God, the intercession of God on the prayers of his Valaam, then we carry, not embarrassed, two crosses. Or you can reverend one of them in the holy corner next to icons, and one wearing constantly.
Often we are confronted with the situation when we already have one cross, the one with whom we were baptized, and we give us the second. And this second is often much more beautiful, precious, just consecrated in the church.
And probably many have seen how people wear two crosses, or cross and incense. But do they come correctly? What do church tell us about this?
Native Cross
The native cross is not just a symbol of faith, a human believing symbol to Christian verbation, it is the greatest shrine that is awarded to a person at the time of his baptism.
The native cross we carry on the heart, on the chest. We carry it all your life and often do not remove under any cases. He symbolizes the load of the works and sins that fell on fate. A man wears him on himself, showing the desire for their redemption.
The Bible says:
"... take your cross and follow me" (Matt.16.24)
And a big sin is considered to carry the cross simple for the sake of fashion, the tribute to tradition or as a jewelry.
Ladahan
Ladanka is primarily a charm. Initially, it was a simple pouch in which people wore particles of relics, holy land, prayer. Now Laneanka is most often made in the form of icons, images of the saints of patrons. And the value of Laneanka has not changed. She is designed to defend, protect your carrier from all ails, misfortune.
Ladanka, unlike a native cross, is not a mandatory attribute of a believer. Wear it or not to wear everyone's personal matter.
Is it possible to wear two crosses at the same time?
Among the priests who we asked this question, oddly enough there is no consensus on the possibility of such a joint wearing of two crosses.
And the point here is that there is no canonical ban or even recommendations on how much crosses can and should be worn.
The priest of Dionysius of Cracks believes that there is no fundamental difference in whether a person has one cross or two. Prododiakon Sergius Shanbeers agrees with him, who says that the righteousness of a person will not increase from the number of crosses twice, but it does not have such a wearing to sin.
A similar opinion expresses Archpriest Andrei Spiridonov, who says that one cross can be worn, you can two, and you can even wear them in turn. It does not affect the quality of spiritual life and salvation.
However, a different opinion expresses Ieria Daniel Lugovoy, who says that only one cross is properly worn. But if you have two of them, it is allowed to change them, wears alternately, keeping the second cross near the icons.
An interesting opinion was also expressed by Deacon Ilya Cockin, who believes that the child can lose a native cross and therefore it is better to maintain it, as a more important shrine, a more significant symbol, and constantly worry, for example, gold, presented with relatives.
Is it possible to wear a cross and incense?
In this matter, the church is one. Cross and Laneanka can be worn at the same time, because these are two completely different faith symbols. At the same time, if the cross should be worn under clothes, closer to the body, then you can wear incense on clothes. After all, often the ladian is rather decoration.
Conclusion
If a person has two native, consecrated cross, one rushing during baptism, and the second received as a gift can be worn as two cross simultaneously and alternate them.
The statement that the simultaneous wearing of two crosses is sin does not correspond to reality. But also the use of the simultaneous wearing of crosses for the soul of man does not bear.
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Hello, today I bought a consecrated chain and a cross from silver. Everything was perfect, but felt burning on the skin. Looking in the mirror, I found that the skin was on the right side on the neck and chest blushed greatly, and on the chest there was a white track from the contour of the cross. The chain took off, the redness took place, but the feeling of burning appears sometimes, but not so much. There are no allergies and no. What could it be?
Sveta
I do not know, light. Perhaps this is what is called "temptation." Have you been for confession for a long time? Talk to the priest.
ieria Konstantin Kravtsov
Good evening, father! I have a hobby, looking for treasures, or rather, I go with the metal detector in the fields and roads and collect finds. Mostly it is coins. But there are native crosses. Batyushka, Is my hobby sin? Is it possible to keep houses found crossings? If not, what should I do? Thanks in advance!
Oleg
Dear Oleg!
Your hobby is not a sin in itself. But, if you collect exclusively for yourself or self-enrichment, it suggests for the idea of \u200b\u200bpride and even in some cases, sorry, assigning someone else's. I believe that it is not. It would be nice to draw your experience and ability in such a matter to serve the church, people. You can gather the collected cross in church museums. In Moscow, for example, in the arrival of new martyrs on the Butovsky landfill, vintage crossbars and stored them in the lower part of the stone temple.
archpriest Elijah Shapiro
Hello, father. My brother's wife in childhood, one woman gave a cross and said her mother that her daughter would get very strong, but would not die in the future herself to treat people. In 28 years, Tanyushki discovered a malignant brain tumor. She did a lot of operations, and a huge number of chemistry. Because of which its body is simply "burned". Doctors are surprised, because they say it should have died for a long time. And it lasts more than 5 years. She recently went to another examination and surprise, she did not find cancer cells. She is a believer, and prays God about his recovery. You could not comment on the fact with a woman who predicted all these events. And was there a prediction from God? And what does it mean "will be treated by"? Sincerely, Polina.
Pauline
Dear Polina!
I find it difficult to comment on the prediction, because for reasons of storage of soulful sober and you do not recommend to delve into this question.
Predictions, as you know, are Trojakaya Nature: the rarest - from God, others come on knowledge or intuition of human, often from the dark forces. It is better from the consciousness of the unnecessaryness of its not to urge the impossible from God (he humble gives grace to a lot of ways), rather fascinated by the striking coincidence of the facts, to recognize the prediction of the Divorce for emanating from God - with all the peaceful effects. But I repeat, in your case, it is better not to pay attention to this coincidence.
archpriest Elijah Shapiro
Hello, father! Now I am 59 years old, and my brother 71. We are both baptized, but at different times. I baptized my grandmother at 4 years old. Our parents retained both cross. After the death of the parents, the brother gave one cross me, and the other left himself. 5 months ago I dressed the cross. Brother is not wearing, but believes. Tell me how should I be? The fact is that neither I nor a brother know, in which cross each of us was baptized. Maybe I wear my cross, and perhaps - the cross of the brother. But I feel that the cross helps me. Do I need to do something? Thanks in advance.
Dimitri
Dear Dimitri! In fact, Cross One is the cross of Christ. And being an instrument of our salvation, the cross will certainly be helped by us if you have faith. The cross, in principle, cannot be "his" or "strangers" for the simple reason that in his own sense, the cross of each person is the cargo of sorrows, diseases and in general, which falls each of his stake in this earthly life. Christ himself says: "And who does not take his cross and follow me, he is not worthy of me" (Matthew 10: 38). That is, it turns out that you can not take your cross on yourself, to renounce him and, in this case, from Christ himself, but this is already the problem of the moral choice of the person himself, and not any accident in the form of confused "basting" cross. Therefore, I advise you to strengthen in faith, including not to forget to pray and your brother, and what kind of cross you wear as a native - does not matter.
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
Hello, interested in the question regarding the wearing of the second nuty cross. In the summer, a wedding was held and the bride's parents blessed the young and at the end of the ritual Mom's bride wore a cross to the bride and groom, while the bride did not have a cross at that time, although she was baptized, and the groom had already been dressed as a cross. Lee correctly held a ritual, is it possible to wear a second cross, because Nowhere found information about such a tradition when blessing? Thanks in advance for the answer.
Evgeny
Dear Eugene! Strictly speaking, in church use, as such, this kind of rituals simply does not exist. What you say is, most likely, the folk family custom, about the "correctness" or "wrongness" of which in general, it makes no sense in general. And what could be "wrong" in the fact that one of the marriage turned out to be two native crosses? Want - Warning both, you want to be alone, and the other put in the "red corner" near the icons. Actually, on the quality of spiritual life and our salvation of this kind of peripetia with crosses can not have any significant influence.
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
Hello! I was brought as a gift from the Jerusalem Temple of the Holy Sepulcher, but I already have a cross from the saint baptism. Can I wear two crosses or do you need to get a blessing? Thanks.
Vladislav.
Dear Vladislav, usually still worn only one-native cross. You can wear them in turn or choose only one of them for wearing.
ieria Daniel meadow
Hello! I am interested in such a question. My child was dying in a silver cross, and the goddarers gave gold to the year. How to be, can we wear them at the same time, or wait when the teeth and then wake wearing golden!
Victoria
Let it be better wearing gold, and the baptismal save - the children often lose cross.
deacon Elijah Cocine
Hello! I often hear from representatives of the ROC destroying the criticism of the Soviet past. The whole era was brought to the words: "godless power" and "in the time of the beams" ... as if there was nothing more, only all 70 years old Communists fought with religion and there were few different things. This follows from the above estimates. After all, in the assessment there is a dominant factor. It turns out, dominated the fight against religion? And I don't remember something ... domination. Found on the "verses RU" with the poetry of Diacon George Malkova: http://www.stihi.ru/avtor/diakonjorgos read on his main page of the words Lita hatred for Soviet time, Bolsheviks and Communists. When I read it, it seemed to me that I was poured by poison cobra; It became very offensive ... After all, I remember well, everything, as it was ... And I remember not only bad, but also good! And then I decided to answer this Georgia Malkov ... well, and then, I decided to show this text to you, because questions and topics in it are affected, very serious and controversial in society. It will not be easy, I think you will speak on this topic ... But, nevertheless, I ask you to do it. Please speak on this topic; What do you say, reading my text? .. Only tell me sincerely, honestly, from the heart. It is possible to email. Well, you can - on your page. Only, let's know where you can read your answer ... Thank you for reading and attention to me raised. Let the Lord enters us their truth. God bless you! So, the text of my answer is Diacona: You know, dear, brother! In the sky, you will find out that the Soviet power is from Jesus Christ. It is a pity that is confused, in this assessment, everything, with legs on the head. Gaddy, just, was white ... and washed over Russia and Russian land - the royal regime! - based on satanic principles. Do not love "your neighbor" - and "His Grab", do not love "near you" - and "Ugnetaya Him"! And the church structure served as supporting the bloody royal throne, covered it and walked his entire history with him hand in hand. While the Lord from Heaven did not send Lenin - to restore justice and destroy the deeds of Satan. And you again did not see "Jesus" and "crucified Christ", like Jews ... Lenin was God's messenger! And he made the case of God on Earth. Only those atrocities that you attribute to him - did really Satan in the appearance of pseudo-communists. Yes, there were also such, the pseudo-communists and false communists who truly performed the will of the devil! .. I want to say that the hand of Dievol participated in this move, just like when the wind blows, he brings the smell not only roses, but and chemicals in proximity. .. But the challenge is to separate the apparent from the main thing, or the grain from the spurred, and you pull everything under one comb. These Communists and Bolsheviks went to the scaffle for the people and justice, died in prisons and camps. It was the true military of Christ, boring with the Devilian Device of the world, and the rebels against his principles! Look. Is it the principle of the principle - serfdom? When millions of people lived in the position of livestock? This is the principle of Christ: when the children of the peasants could not even learn, and all their lives were illiterate? This is the principle: when the state system divided the population - on slaves and gentlemen? .. I will tell you, brother in Christ, this is the principle of the devil! God created people equal. And they should - love each other! The appearance of slaves happened after the fall. And before that, it was not. Based on everything, at the beginning, there was love. "What did you do with your brother," said the god Kain? .. - We read in the Bible. And we see: that God was indignant ... Then the man began to pervert his way on Earth, began to kill animals, and there are them; He began to enslave his brothers, and to build them to the position of their catot. But the hour of retaliation has come! Era Lenin - was the era of "universal reward" Tirana and the Slavubam people. Hands of Lenin - God hit the demonic principles of the state device itself! The exploitative chains, entangled the land, were shaken and cut off. Now at the expense of the victims. The numbers and data that you operate are infinitely overestimated and falsified. In many respects, this is that neither there is "Gebbaless propaganda" ... Not all the facts, I say, - but the side of their incredible overestimation is the most real shameless lie! What are millions of victims? .. which concentration camps? .. Act. There was a gulag - now Guin. Were innocent - were. There were crimes - were. I do not deny. The question is in assessing all this; And even in that - where, it's all, turn. When we are frightened by concentration camps ... You still say that we have - in the USSR - was our Buchenwald, his Auschwitz, his own - Dakhau. What can I get rid of something, cut, so chop ... and write, let's take a half-edge, but better the whole country! Oh! .. Now - look, the Bolsheviks are big rascals! Beauty ... False is all - and demagogy! At the expense of the exaggeration of the victims. See the archives of the NKVD. The archives are accurate and scrupulous. They even believes "in the case of Katyn" - here is a scrupulousness, where there is some small man there. Everything is recorded, everything is documented. About three million was repressed from 20 to 53 years! Everything ... what dozens?!. What concentration camps? .. Solzhenitsyn wrote, like in the "archipelago", - that over the years of Stalin through the camps over 100 million people were held. This is under the USSR population before the war of 1941 - 180 million people! Let's believe it next ... It writes well, comrade ... You, dear, father, count better how many millions of people have changed the royal regime for ten centuries! How many folk roams shed in the fortress capture, in the Lord's shy, how many people suffered and pronounced! And the church, as a structure (and not as the heiress of Christ), connoissed the Satanian dedication of the secular authorities; With it, in fact, all the crimes of tyrannical authorities against their people were committed with its silent consent! Here you and the hour of retaliation! So Lenin! And the file ... and the churches got for the "complicity of silent" ... Well, the tyiranes were not integrated? Well, did not instruct, did not stop? .. did not repented, finally? Well, they did not refuse to wenst the king to the kingdom, because the principles of his authority contradicted the Bible, and contradicted the teachings of Christ? Is this a landowner "loved" his peasant? Is it a manufacturer "loved the hiring worker? Or, maybe the royal power put the basis of his laws of God "How do you want to come with you and do you do with people"? It is interesting: the landowner - wanted to become a fortress peasant, is it a capitalist - wanted to become a worker worker? 10th centuries one part of society - mocked over another. And now, on the contrary. She was given power - over the tormentors! I mean, workers and peasants. Yes, they still got enough of the gentlemen! .. Do not compare in any way, as they did with them ... 10 centuries one part of society - I knew, drank, knocked all the delights of life, and the other went on them, got back, He worked at 14 o'clock a day, remaining out of law, for, did not have the right to a happy life. You read, George, our classics, see how the landowners were mocked over their fortress ... and landowners, - believers such as cross; And there is a churcher, it's nearby ... So I score the Osinovaya count - in despoty, tyranny, and there, where there are no principles of Christ! .. And someone continues to score nails in Christ and continues to put it, not seeing the truth and Do not seek to find it. And in the Soviet rule of the principles of Christ, there was a way, like a lot! .. You just need to open the eye. Finishing the letter. Suitable as follows: a squeeznaya Orthodox Christian who has a higher historical education, Alexander. May God protect you! And put us in every truth. Amen. Please forgive me if some places seemed offended, or unnecessary emotional. Goodbye.
Alexander
Dear Alexander! There is no possibility to answer exactly "on points" regarding those questions that you affect because it will take too much space. In addition, to argue with the passages, such as the royal regime, unlike Soviet, destroyed millions of its subjects - in general it is meaningless, this kind of application only indicate that you, unfortunately, have rather distorted ideas about our history. Enough, for example, to see what the number of death sentences was carried out for the entire nineteenth century (and compare with the Soviet XX century) to understand how fantastic what you say. However, I would like to draw your attention to the following. It is probably not necessary to separate the thousand-year history of Russia and the Soviet history as such - in the sense that the Soviet period is also the history of Russia, and one of the most tragic, dramatic and high periods of this story in general. And here you need to distinguish the specific fate of people from ideology as such. People of heroic and sacrificial were a lot among the communists, it is meaningless to argue. And God, as they say, the judge. However, the communist ideology itself, as not to twist, was and is a godless and capable of many lawlessness, that we fully find our history in the Soviet period. So as not to be unfounded, I will give only one example, taken from the "New Newspaper" site (I am not an apologist for this liberal edition, just this publication accidentally came across my eyes): http://www.novayagazeta.ru/gulag/49196. HTML - "Execution without the right of correspondence." There, it is strictly documented how the Soviet government first shot with the official sentence "ten years of imprisonment without the right of correspondence", as a result of which the relatives were in complete ignorance of the fate of their loved ones (even after all, it was impossible to pray for the rest!), Then, after ten years, they said, they melt, died during the conclusion, then to issue evidence of death with a lime date and only after decades, finally, recognized the whole truth. What turns out: lawlessness, repeatedly multiplied by a lie about this lawlessness! And this is only one example. How can I argue that Soviet ideology could be argued quite human or Christian? No, I'm sorry, Christ himself speaks about Diazole, that "he was a man from the beginning and did not resist in truth, because there is no truth in it. When he says a lie, he says his own, for he is a liar and the father of lies "() and, by the way, this glory of the devil is quite like an example of" shootings without the right of correspondence "- the Bolsheviks as such typical human bias and liar. Moreover, any historical period must be judged what is called, "by fruits". In this sense, the Ksenskaya-Tsarist-Imperial Russia in its Orthodox state historical being has at least nine centuries, while the Soviet period could not fully implement state activities and for seventy years, while the Soviet Union's gravers became Those who came out of the depths of the Soviet system. That is, in the face of the rulers of that time, the system has destroyed itself - as can be seen, also for the simple reason that it really was declared, "brought up a new man", which for some reason instead of consciously regulate "their own Needs, "turned out to be stolen and hoar to material values. In general, alas, the history of the Soviet Union only confirms the words of Christ himself that "who dwells in me, and I am in it, he brings a lot of fetus; For without me, you can not do anything "(). If Russia sought to be in Christ, then the Soviet Union clearly did not seek this, why collapsed, despite his visible, but, alas, short-impediment. Argued with it - anyway, that objects to historical evidence. In general, here you can still discuss for a long time, but, as they say, it is impossible to argue the immense. I can only add that in my life I also managed to catch the Soviet period as such, and it was in Sverdlovsk and, we can say on the backyards of Uralmashzavod. The current temple at the time in the city was only one, the gospel was simply nowhere to take and read, the lumenization of the population around, drunkenness, etc. Already then were just blatant. That is, the confusion was terrible. In this sense, I would never want to return to such a life experience. But this is already my personal impressions of that period. It is important, in my opinion, the other: the most important thing for every historical period is the opportunity for a person to be in the church and be the church. From this and need to come. The Soviet period in this sense was not the best period of our history, although I repeat, in terms of sacrifice and heroism, always peculiar to our people, this time will remain one of the greatest eras.
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
Hello, father. I think my father is obsessed with unclean spirit or witchcraft. Crosses and chains on it either black, or rush, or just harness the skin. He is baptized, but does not go to church. I know that his soul is good. I want to help him. If he is still obsessed, then can I read, pierce it? I recently found one prayer. She is big, so I will give the first lines. "We are starting to vercolate the prayer of the Sacred Martyr Cyprian, in the days or in Narchi, or in the hour I exercise, all the strength of the glory from the glory of God Livago will disappear. This holy female, the whole soul praying to the Glaglah God:" Lord God is strong and holy, the king of the reigning, now hear prayer The servant of yours, Cyprian "... Is it possible to read it or she is different? And what prayers in this case need to read? Thanks.
Guseva Marina Aleksandrovna
Dear Marina Aleksandrovna! Personally, I would not advise you to directly resort to this kind of extraordinary prayer experiments. Yet that we are with you the measures of spiritual development to resort to the help of the so-called spell prayers. It is better for you to simply pray for the gift of your father faith, about his instance and salvation. It is possible, for example, to read the gospel daily by chapter, adding before the start of reading and after such a prayer: "Lord, the words of Holy Gospel to have mercy with my father, give him faith and getting rid of all sin." So it will be spiritually safe, since all kinds of "personnel" and spell prayers imply a certain focus on a direct spiritual brave with the spirits of the Evil, to which most of us can actually be elementary not ready. As for the very fact that the chains from the cross are black, it may be due to the very natural causes associated with the specifics of metabolism and the peculiarities of the material from which these chains or crosses are made.
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
Hello .. I am writing a question in despair. I ask, the father .. my own advice! It all started 3 months ago, I was fired from work, I did not find a new one, although I have a good education and extensive experience. Just recently, I began to hurt much, no one can understand what it is. It hurts everything in turn, I'm afraid already .. I wake up waiting every day .., and what is today? Doctors prescribe pills, helps, but begins to hurt another. There is no personal life, the parents are far away, with work it does not work, constant thoughts in the head of bad, thoughts about the bad, almost never sleep at night ... I turn on the light - scary. Every evening I set up to the icons and I ask my health and loved ones, the holy water of the cross is drawn on his forehead, neck and chest, prayer for health ordered ... I have a suspicion that I was smoothed me, because there was a conflict with one person, and my appearance Bright. Tell me, maybe there are some special icons, prayers who work from the evil eye or from illness .. Maybe some kind of procedure should do or even drink again. Help the sake of God, please!
Maria
Dear Maria! In Orthodoxy, there is no such custom - to be baptized the second time, but the holy fathers called the second baptism of the sacrament of repentance, which includes the confession. The very reason for the pain and mortality of our human nature is sin and in general our sinfulness, which originates in Adam and Eve, our progenitors, in their disappearance from God. Since the resurrection of Christ, it is Christ and the opportunity to communicate with him in his church is the main cure for sin and everything that is connected with sin. And the Lord so in his church arranged that the most fully grace of God, like a cure for sin, can be perceived by us through a conscious participation in liturgical life. The focus of this is the confession and the Eucharist (the sacrament of communion). Of course, to live Eucharistically (regularly pass) not least needed faith and the desire to live by faith, however, if this is the desire, then, then, the Lord strengthens us and spiritually and physically. In prayer, before the communion - in fact, before the bowl of Christ - we say: "Yes, it is not a court or in condemnation there will be a communion of holy secrets of yours, but in the healing of the soul and body." That is, in communication with God, we have the right to scold not only spiritual healing, but also physical, as well as strengthening and taking strength in the implementation of terrestrial cases and to overcome mourn and disease. Try to pay attention to this, on the focus on the whole church life - on the divine liturgy. Aid of God in this!
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
Is it possible to collect crosses?
Svetlana
Dear Svetlana! There is no absolute ban, another thing: what is the purpose of this enterprise? Collect crosses precisely as samples of Christian shrines (this with the Holy Land, and this one is from such a monastery)? Collecting modern making crosses like a kind of jewelry? Or collecting native crosses of different eras, as historical artifacts? Or simply, without thinking, everything is in a row? Depending on how much your intentions in this area are conscious and thoughtful, and it is necessary to make a decision: whether it is worth spending time and strength on this occupation, which, first of all, Christians make sense to spend at all about the work of salvation in Christ.
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
I think God will not forgive me! I constantly fall! Was in the sect, under their influence, the icons of a homemade and his native cross rose, I repeated in this confession, but the severity remained in my soul! And it's hard for me to fight for the sin of fornication, it is very tormented by me! Help advice!
Maria
Dear Maria! As they say, only without panic! Each person in one degree or another sins, everyone is in a state of fall, but it all depends on what we get up every time or prefer to lie in a state of moral and spiritual relaxation. As stated by one of the Christian saints, all sins, which only a person can create, it's like a handful of sand, which man molds into the ocean of divine love and which is impossible to eclipse or fall asleep with any sinful sand. Or, how the ancient gradual literature tells, when a young monk came to one holy old senior and asked: "What should I do, I fall all the time," the elder answered, they say, "get up every time!" A young monk asked: "How many times do it?" - The elder replied: "Before death!" That is, in fact, the task of Christian life is not to become spiritually sterile and no sinners in themselves not to notice, the task is to have repentance to God, at the same time, hopefully on his mercy. Repentance in this sense (including in prodigales and exconse) should be active: it is necessary to study the cut-off (outline) of prayers of thoughts and diligently ask God for the sacraments of repentance (confession) and communion for liturgia.
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
Hello, father! Please tell me, I am very worried! Yesterday, I had a cross from the chain during sleep yesterday (a meadow rushed) I never remove it from the body. Is it a bad sign? How to continue to go further: go back to consecrate it and secure or buy a new cross and sanctify it. Thanks a lot!
Anastasia
Dear Anastasia, in the fact that, according to quite explained physical reasons, the metal threaded, and the handle broke, do not look for spiritual reasons. Repair him, please, continue to wear.
ieria Daniel meadow
Tell me please. I have long been carrying a silver double-sided old-sided native cross and recently bought a golden native crigacity, what is necessary to put in it? Is it necessary for this blessing? Is it possible to wear two crosses at once?
Andrey
From the very name, "Power", it follows that there can be a particle of saints of power or some other shrine (for example, a particle of the saint). However, the holy relics are practically impossible to purchase, they can only give a bishop (or a priest with blessing bishop). But in itself, the cross of Christ has enough fertile strength, she has nothing to be strengthened. Two crosses should not be worn, from this you will not be twice with spiritual or protected.
deacon Elijah Cocine
Good day! Recently was in Italy, Vatican visited. As a souvenir I bought a medallion (Virgo Maria), I wear with a cross on the chain. Is it possible to wear such things together and in general?
Tatyana
There are a number of icons of Our Lady, which are revered by Orthodox, and Catholics. Orthodox consider Catholic religious painting with contradictory Orthodox canons, however, in our church there are a lot of verbal images of the Virgin Mary, written in the Western manner, so consecrate this medallion and can wear.
deacon Elijah Cocine
Hello, father! Tell me please, can I buy a cross with a chain on the sale in the pawnshop, consecrate it and wear it? That is, the cross turns out by someone once a worn ... Save you Lord.
Irina
Dear Irina, you can buy a cross where you want. The fact that the cross has already wore anything terrible for the soul, no body. Consecrate it, please, in the temple and be calm.
ieria Daniel meadow
Batyushka, you really need your advice. I got acquainted with the guy, in general, very positive in a lifestyle and views. Such now rarity, besides, I have to marry it. So everyone says, and it would be stupid to scatter with such guys. In general, we began to meet with him, no disappointment. But when I saw him in T-shirt - slaughter from horror. He has a huge doll in the form of a devil and death on his chest. He does not carry the cross, but he also did not hear from him too much. Mom advises me to run away from him while the mind is stronger than feelings. The guy tried to find out why he did it, about his faith in God, but he is evasively answering and dips off. I am a believer and something inside me now opposes this relationship. What to do, tell me, please?
Kseniya
Yes, dear Ksenia, which only sometimes, does not arise any problems. Of course, the presence of this kind of pall may not disturb. However, if this person is still here and you see a certain positive foundation in his personality, it makes sense to ask more strongly: what exactly is this image for this person means? Maybe it was a kind of unreasonable and to the end is not aware of the passion, tribute to some fashion, which is no longer a desire to follow? And maybe the carrier of this tag is ready to refuse it and resorting to certain cosmetic procedures, this image is "reduced"? That is, it makes sense to put these questions seriously, if at all there is a mutual desire and the need to continue this acquaintance.
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
Hello, I will be very grateful if you can suggest how to and how to protect yourself. The essence of the question is that we want to divide us with various attractions for several months. On my girl already did a spell on my face and she was pinned with a facial nerve, no matter how they tried to treat, nothing helped, saved the church and the father, to which we were advised to contact and she recovered. Now we have already born my daughter, we love each other so that it is impossible to even describe, but the last few months we sometimes begin to swear absolutely not because of what and almost part. I barely degraded and settled everything, the same day appears barley. And so constantly with frequency per month. There were cases when I did not lose my cross in an incomprehensible way, several times on the day, but almost vacating it then a whole day from the hands and checking, the next day it appeared barley again. There are people who envy us and want to prevent being together, in any case one person has a familiar grandmother, through which he tries to harm us in this way. Please help to resist this !!! Maybe somehow defended or there are some prayers to protect against this. Maybe you need to go to church or something else. I will be very grateful if you can prompt at least something or help to protect yourself.
Vadim.
Dear Vadim! Protection for a Christian - Lord himself! It is said: "If God is with us, then who is against us?" But so that this is exactly the case, it is necessary to have a living striving for God and try to get rid of what it hinders. And let our sins impede this and generally at all. Moreover, what we believe, then we have powerful. And since you have faith due to damage or the evil eye, then - take care! "All this wizard nonsense and begins to influence you, whereas in fact all this is unworthy of Christian fears, because in baptism, we are generally given the power to spit on all the goats of the enemy of the human race. So you need to strengthen in faith and to start getting rid of those sins that this directly impede. For example, out of your words it is not very clear who at the moment you are brought to your "girl"? She is a legitimate wife or, in fact, you live, being not painted? If it is so, then you need to apply to the registry office, because otherwise your union is illegal, that is, the sin of a prodigal cohabitation, which can be what bothers you. Therefore, this kind of sins, if there are, it is necessary to fix and follows, which is also extremely important, it is necessary to seek help and grace of God not only in the arrangement of terrestrial cases, but also to gain salvation, the life of eternal in Christ. To do this, we are God and Dana Church, and the focus of the help and power of God in the Church - Liturgy, on which the sacrament of the communion of the body and the blood of Christ is committed. If we, Christians, considering themselves such, neglect by this sacrament, do not confess and are not communionable, then in fact, we do not have the most important thing. Christ speaks directly in the Gospel (see the sixth chapter of the Gospel from John - "Jesus said to them: I am a life of life; I will not alkalize me, and the believer will never be craving for me" (Ioan.6: 35) . Thus, I repeat, to get rid of those problems that were speech, you should continue to prevent gross sins, as well as if you have faith in Christ, turn to the sacraments of the Church.
archpriest Andrei Spiridonov
Hello! I live with my husband for 5 years. During this time, he repeatedly deceived me at the same time swore on icons and cross, including the health of his relatives and loved ones. Having learned about the next oath, I advised him to repent in the church, but after confession, he still took the icon and again deceived me again. Yesterday we would meet and he began to go again. In irritation I took a cross in my hand and said that if he deceives me again, then let it be cursed. In turn, he took the cross and said that he curses me. Tell me, please, what should I do, because I also committed sin and what to do with my husband?
Nina
The Lord tells us: "You heard, what is said to the ancient: do not break the oath, but you are doing before the lord of your oath. And I tell you: Do not swear at all: neither heaven, because it is the throne of God; Neither the earth, because she fit his legs; Neither Jerusalem, because he is the city of the Great Tsar; I don't swear your head, because you can't make any hair white or black. But yes, your word will be: yes, yes; no no; And what's over this, then from the oval "(MF.5,33-37). The Lord shows us that we should responsible about the spoken word, because we are far from every oath. I'm not talking about how dangerous for my own soul curse the near. Here it will be appropriate to remember other words of Christ: "You heard what was said to the ancient: do not kill who will kill, subject to the court. And I tell you that anyone angry for your brother is in vain, subject to the court; Who will say to his brother: "Cancer" is subject to Sanhedrin; And who will say: "Mad", is subject to Geenna Fire "(MF.5,21-22 Dear Alla, the temples of the Antioch Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church in America you can visit, as they are in canonical communication with all Orthodox churches. You did Absolutely correct in your case, by purchasing a new consecrated cross in return. It is in the temple and you need to buy crosses. There, unlike the store, you can find the Orthodox Cross, and not a jewelry. 17 25
Is it possible to wear two crosses on the neck at the same time or alternately? Is it possible to wear a sign of the zodiac, pendant or incense on one chain with a cross and is it possible to wear someone else's cross - read the answers of the specialist.
Answer:
Orthodox cross, with which the child was baptized, can not be removed. This sacred charm for the person, with whom he prays, asks and thanks God. But, there are people who wear on the chain not only a cross, but, for example, a pendant in the form of a sign of the zodiac. This causes questions of others, because few people know whether it is possible to wear a cross on one chain with something else.
Of course, the cross will be very stupid to look at one chain with a pendant in the form of a pentagram. Uninosty suspensions are better to wear on different chains. After all, the native cross he is because "native" that wearing it needed near the body, under the clothes. And pendants, signs of the zodiac and other similar things worth putting on another chain and wear over clothes like decoration.
But, Orthodox priests do not see anything bad if the believer along with the cross will wear an icon or incense.
It happens that the person has a cross, but he liked the other and he bought it or the second one presented. What then to do with the first and can we wear two crosses?
Priests advise to leave one cross near Icons or wearing two, but alternately. The main thing is that the cross will always be on a person, because this is an instrument of salvation and charm for the owner.
Is it possible to wear someone else's cross - the answers of the priest
It is believed that the cross absorbs the energy owner. Putting it on someone else's cross, you can take on someone else's grief, illness, sins. Found a cross, rumored, promises trouble and misfortune. Is the sacred relica can carry problems and what do you say about whether it is possible to wear someone else's cross, priests?
Orthodox priests argue that superstitions about someone else's crossed are unfounded. Some would be nor, this is the great shrine to which you need to treat with respect. The cross does not pass someone else's aura, fate, illness or trouble, and it is not worth afraid of him. Finding a cross does not need to be squeaming and perceived as a problem.
The view that someone else's cross passes sins is also mistaken. After all, then it would be possible to sin, and each time distribute crosses or throw them away. But if there is no desire to wear someone else's cross, then it is necessary to treat him a reverent and, as a last resort, to give to church.
Cross - indicator of belonging to the Christian faith. From our article you will learn whether it is possible to wear someone else's cross and why it can not be worn over clothes.
Cross, according to clergy, should always be on a believer. But there are bans associated with it. Some of them are nothing more than superstitions, about which the believer does not stand and think. This refers, for example, the darkening of the cross. But this is not the only question that may arise from a believer man about his cross.
Cannot wear on a chain
There are no completely bans on the chain. Here, rather, the question of convenience and habit. If a person wants to wear a native cross on a chain, then it can do it, such actions are not rebored by the church. The most important principle that needs to be followed in this case is that the cross is not lost and did not fly from the neck. And the lace, and the chain is acceptable. Superval people, however, assure that in all the signs of the cross is not lost simply.
You can not wear over clothes
This is an absolutely correct statement. The cross is a symbol of faith and protection. Without carrying a cross out, a person shows the sincerity of faith, without making it a showing room. Also, all the warmth and blessing, which the priest gives the native cross during consecration, in this case are transmitted only to you.
Cannot be made
You can always give a cross. Of course, perfectly, if parents or godpa do about it, as one of the gifts to christening. But this does not mean that another person cannot give you a cross. There is also such a tradition when two people are exchanged by jacket crosses, becoming brothers or sisters in Christ. Usually do close people.
You can not lift if found
Superstition, which has no reason without reason. Recall also that superstitions are absolutely not recognized by the church and are considered incompatible with the Christian faith. There are people who believe that by raising the found cross, you can take on the problems of the person who lost it or left. Cross, as he is a shrine, it is necessary to at least bring to the temple. Or leave yourself and store in a red corner in the house.
You can't wear someone else's cross
If you got a cross from a parent or someone from friends, it can be worn. No ban here church installs. Especially if you have no cross. Many people believe that things are endowed with the energy of their owner and it can be transmitted to the new owner. It may also argue that, giving a cross, a person gives a part of his destiny. Only such beliefs have nothing to do with the Christian faith and belong to the occult worldview.
You can't wear a cross with crucifier
Another superstition, which is not worth paying attention. There are people who say that the cross with crucifier will suffer a hard life for a person. This is not true, only people's speculation. Such a cross symbolizes salvation and the victim of Christ, there is nothing wrong with it. But we need to wear it right: the crucifix should not be turned to you, but out.
My mom went to Valaam and brought me a native cross as a gift. This is a four-pointed pointed cross with seven groups of circles on it. What is this type of cross, and where you can read about it in more detail, about its history, type, etc.? And can I wear two crosses at the same time?
Velikiy Novgorod
Dear Dmitry, the Orthodox Church honors any cross depicting the Tree of the godfather, on which our Jesus Christ was crucified. Although now in our church, the predominant shape of the cross is the eight-spin, but other forms of the cross are also accomplished - and six-pointed, and four-pointed, if only he was wearing a reverence of the Cross of the Lord.
It is important when choosing a native cross, follow the fact that the cross is the banner of our faith, the symbol of the victory of Christ over the enemy of the human race, wearing it not as a jewelry or a memorable gift and not even in memory of the trip along the holy places, but in the first The queue as a sign of understanding that the Cross of Christ is the only thing that the Christian can praise, as well as the sign of her willingness to take his personal cross and follow Christ.
If we are wearing a second cross bought by your mom, strengthens your faith in the saline of God, the intercession of God on the prayers of his Valaam, then we carry, not embarrassed, two crosses. Or you can reverend one of them in the holy corner next to icons, and one wearing constantly.
In general, I have such a question. Daughter writes quite a lot. Signs pictures, writes just some kind of records. Of course, all this with the Ayprops)))) Giribian, Zyrkachi, I cherish the Tibe Nibal ... This is from yesterday evening ... I do not teach it, respectively, she does not know. It reads enough, so I think that it will soon be remembered as correct. Do I need to start learning her spelling? How it's done? According to textbooks, I think, early. How is it going with your children? AND...
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and you do not have such silicone ropes transparent? They have a clasp, like chains.
1 question. When the daughter writes, and I see a mistake, I always say that this word writes in a different way, she remembers and does not make mistakes.
It is possible to redo it is possible, but I don't know how long enough for me. And then, the husband says he is restless, that the child is unprecedented. And I infuriates me from one thought that the child will be brought to church. Already shake starts. Olja And why is the attitude negative? In essence, the baptism of the child does not oblige anything in the future. Harm from him like no special. You can not wear a child to the Church, but to call the father home (to yourself or to relatives) and my husband will be nice. Ulya my father believes that he lived in vain, since he has a daughter and grandson unresolved, and I will not give up - that I will tell my son, after all it interests it - why? Despite the fact that he (my father) and does not live with us, and we see very rarely, i.e. To explain in any case there will be no one, but in the first place, of course, ...
..... "Here, subscribe to every word ... Innana Katyush, I understand everything ... But I'm afraid that even if I'm settling me - I have nothing to give her in the spiritual plan. And it's not wines, it's mine, but trouble "They didn't build up, did not baptized, I didn't absorb faith with Mother's milk. How to be if after reading the children's Bible in me the protest rises? And the eldest child also demands my explanations? This chain is from my grandparents, from parents to I and from me to my children - it will not be interrupted if someone or something (for example, a good godfather does not intervene, which will try to raise my children in faith). By the way, you will call, you will ask you like a connoisse - I should be baptized to baptize my children? Ksenia\u003e Do I need to be baptized to baptize my children? There is no such mandatory requirement. This is just logic ...
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Listen to that I will tell you all, religion is a fiction for manipulating people and correspond to all religious rites. This is also a solid nonsense, humanity existed about 5,000 years before the so-called arrival of the Isus, there were many different religions and gods and not such a thing as baptism, Ie It turns out that the children were unresolved and everything was fine, now after the occurrence of Christianity, and it was only 1000 years old after the death of Isus again, no one was baptized and everyone was alive and healthy. Isus himself on the legend baptized only at 33, it turns out that he lived all this time without angel? At birth, he was a Jew since he was born in a Jewish country and a Jewish family, and he also had a religion at him, and he did not invent Christianity and did not accept since he was invented only 300 years after he died.
Now what does it give? Nothing ...
- It will not protect you from diseases or death or accidents as the majority of those with whom it happened was the baptists
And think about those children who have already been born sick, they needed to be baptized before birth?
I will not baptize my child. Let it grow up and choose religion himself. I will not impose.
Kalina We were baptized at 6 months, but baptized separately, 10 kids were baptized before us, one cried, and after him everyone else, so I think that one is better, but at the expense of the godfather - we had a godfather, but In the church, Batyushka said that the boy must have a godfather (the godmother may not be) Unclear can be baptized at any time, and about the godfather - for a child there can be one godfather, if there are two criss, then the main rule - the godf Must in the past, present and future be in intimate relationships. Cross must be baptized, Orthodox and know the foundations of faith. The earlier you baptize the better, the King we gathered quite recently, baptized a year and eight months. Timich shouted and twitched, but in general the rite was not bad things® we baptized at 11 months. - solid nightmare ...
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After getting higher education! :)
In the Bible, it is said that Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist after several trials, which he was arranged in the community of Esseev - Beggar, Abonites, etc., who lived in that they rewrite and distributed scrolls (reissued books) in 7 languages, That is, they lived at the expense of enlightenment, educational intelligence - "Holy Doha", as they translate not exactly.
That is, a community where Jesus Christ was baptized was a peculiar first People's School, Institute, Academy of Sciences, where they lived exclusively at the expense of intellectual, educational labor ..
Let's go back to the question under consideration: when to baptize - you can understand how to certify the child, give him the beginning of a new, intellectual, and therefore spiritual life? This is if you approach scientifically, without any mysticism ...
After 2 thousand years, in Moscow, an experiment was conducted in Mitino, in which the conditions for the education of a child in everyday life reminiscent of the community of Esseev - First Academics, which from the morning and after late evening they were reading, writing, rewriting manuscripts. As a result, the child - the granddaughter of the Academician of Medical Sciences Sasha - began to read at 10 months and in 2001 at the age of 1, 4 months showed live in the TV program "with good in the morning", which can read absolutely everything, knows all countries of the world and the capital, I freely reads the Mendeleev table, knows the multiplication table ... Subsequently became the champion of Romania, the winner of the championships of Russia in chess ... There are many videos on the topic "Read, print ... - earlier than walking" in talenis with L. Verbian and others. Here is a video of the program "Morning Mood" with the leading Mikhail Safronov - [Link-1]
The author of the modern, "New Christian Education System" and the organizer of this experiment P.V. Tyulenev offers, in memory of the primoacadec studies, "who kussed Jesus Christ, baptize the child when he begins to read, print. This is the mystery of the mystery of baptism - [link-1]
In the method of raising children, partially reproducing conditions in the Esseev community, Cesen begin to read, print, count ... - earlier than walking.
Thus, the current churches can become real temples of science, and the priests will become ingenious educators who will help our kids to master reading, will open the way to enlighten and spirituality ...
In addition, Esseyev (beggars) was also called therapists and in fact, they performed the functions of the current doctors, engaged in universal health care.
If you read apocryphas - that is, the sources prohibited for reading, including the general "Gospel from Jesus Christ", recorded, as believed, even with his life, it can be seen that the most popular treatment was hydrothery. Watering procedures are described, and in detail.
Therapists - Essei practiced mass drainage - cleaning the body, which was available to any, the most poor suffering ... The healing properties of water in the practice of Esseev-therapeuts, apparently, gradually made it "saint".
In addition, the "Gospel of the Peace of Esseev" describes raw foods, elements of nutrition and the methods of raising children.
From all this it should be concluded that the Esseev community was the focus of the most enlightened (saints), educated and scientists of their time, one can say, first-academic students who represented various areas of the then Knowledge and Sciences: first editors, translators, doctors and teachers.
The amazing event occurred in 1947, when in the caves on the shore of the Dead Sea in the town of Kumran, where the Esseev community was located, scrolls of ancient books, manuscripts were found. The number of scrolls and their fragments reaches 34,000. - [Link-2]
This discovery makes clarity, who were the proto-crustians who are killed or how more often they say, certified Jesus Christ.
Now it has been proven that the protocristians - Essei and social sciences, sociology, social issues.
So, two options were discovered by the charter of the future society: the kingdom of highly moral ("kingdom of heaven").
The issues of economics, finance and politics, apparently, were also not alien to "primoacaders". The so-called "copper scroll" was also found and was found, which contained exclusively secret information about the secret Sonoron in the cities of the Media-Seinerine, about 180 tons of gold and silver prepared, obviously, for social reforms, which Jesus Christ says in his famous specifically . And almost none of anyone correctly not read the "Nagorno Protection", where he primarily mentions the beggars, strong intelligence (spirit). Well, it is another conversation.
Such an answer to the question of the age of baptism will, in my opinion, the most constructive: if you baptize the child after the start of reading, then this will give Orthodoxy a new impulse to the origins - to enlighten and intellect, as the basis of true spirituality. Of course, you need a more informative set of recommendations and accessories for baptism. On this basis, in 1996 - 1999, a program of development and education was developed: "Each family - gifted and talented children" .- [Link-1]
As I understand it, there are three options for the "baptizing set" on a new, modern baptism rite, which will inevitably come to replace the old - depending on which future does the parent want to give a child? The most important thing is to give the child the gifts by baptism after the child starts reading, earlier than walking ...
But I think that it is necessary to baptize when the child gets his first higher education - this is in the new system, it takes place at the age of 11 - 12 years - then it will be a truly conscious choice.
Christening baby
Epiphany. Faith, rituals | Communion and wearing crossWhen to baptize? It is not worth postparing this case (I don't see absolutely no reason!), Since the child has no guardian angel, and even the mother pray for him is much more complicated ...
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I wanted to baptize my son after 40 days, as soon as possible. Pure for his calmness, because I believe. The husband firstly agreed, and then protested, like, let him grow up and decides, to what faith he wants to belong. In principle, it is possible, he is right. But after all, it is possible to change faith at any age. In short, I will give a free baptismal kit on the boy, new, up to 3 months. Sent for your account
The native cross is not only a symbol of faith, but also protection against a bad evil eye or unclean power. That is why the cross is recommended to wear a lifetime from the moment of baptism and up to the care of the world other. However, some to the cross as an additional protection also put on a small icon, which is also a sacred faith. But it is possible to wear two faith symbols at the same time, many do not know, therefore questions arise, and is it possible to wear them together and on one chain?
How do you need to wear a cross?
According to the priests, a native cross must be worn all his life without removing up to the death itself. Moreover, the deceased must be buried with a cross, which will defend him soul and after death. Also, according to the priests, it is not essential material from which the cross is made. After all, the main thing is not the cost of a native cross, which can be gold and metallic, and the belief of a person who is wearing.
Naturally, it is not important and the fact that the cross is worn, that is, it is a gold chain or a regular rope or a lace. After all, again, the meaning is important, which man invests in a cross, that is, perceives it as the usual decoration or the symbol of faith and protection. And, according to the clergy, to protect their owner will be only that cross, which is consecrated in the church, through holy water and prayers.
Do I need to wear an icon?
With regard to the wearing the church, again, it does not make a ban. Moreover, a person can wear an image of any holy regardless of the floor and age, because the saints pray in heaven for all the living, so the icon in any case will protect its owner. But, as priests say, this attribute of faith is not mandatory, unlike a native cross, so wearing the icon is a purely personal matter of everyone.
And, again, the clergymen are jointly the fact that the icon should be consecrated in the church, like a cross. After all, the saint's image will protect its owner only if it is a truly believer person who keeps all the canons of Orthodoxy, and not exposing the impaired convictions without faith in the heart.
Is it possible to wear a cross with an icon on one chain?
As chickens say, faith must be in the heart and depend on acts and beliefs, and not from compliance with the rules and rituals that are invented by people. That is, wearing a cross, and the icon on one chain or rope can, because the rules claiming the opposite, no. That is why a person who truly believes in God can wear two faith symbols at the same time, remembering that first of all it is necessary to abide by the 10 commandments, and not listen to the borneless statements of unbelievers.