Believers, being in the temple during the service, are baptized and bow down in the waist or on the ground. Many people are unaware that they do it at random, and, perhaps, not always at the right moments.
Instructions
Step 1
To make the sign of the cross, the thumb, index and middle fingers of the right hand touch together, and the ring and little fingers are pressed against the palm. Fingers touching each other symbolize faith in the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Fingers pressed to the palm signify the divine and human nature of the Son of God.
Step 2
Cross yourself starting at the forehead, then touch the belly, then the right and left shoulders. Sign yourself with the sign of the cross without haste, do not run your hand through the air just like that, do not start bowing before you finish being baptized. It is believed that by doing so, a person breaks the cross put on himself.
Step 3
The sign of the cross is not always accompanied by a bow and vice versa. According to the information published on the website Pravoslavie.ru, it is allowed to be baptized without bowing at the beginning of the reading of the Holy Scriptures, "I believe", "Christ, our true God …". Make the sign of the cross three times without bowing at the words "Glory to God in the Highest …" at the beginning of the Six Psalms, and in the middle - three times during the words "Alleluia".
Step 4
After marking yourself with the cross, make a bow at the entrance and exit from the temple (three times), after singing “Lord, have mercy,” “Give, Lord,” “To you, Lord," while exclaiming to the glory of the Holy Trinity, during the words “Yours from Yours … "," Take, eat … "," Drink from her all … "when they read" Honest Cherub … "," let us bow down "," let us fall down. " You need to be baptized and bow down three times during the reading "Holy God", "Alleluia", "Come, let us worship", "Glory to Thee, Christ God." Even at Matins during the reading of the canon, when they cry out to the Lord, the Mother of God, the saints, as well as at the end of each stichera and at the litiya (three times after the first two petitions of the litany and one after the other two petitions).
Step 5
During the words "The blessing of the Lord on you …", "And forever and ever", "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ …", "Peace to all", "And may the mercies of the Great God be …" make a bow without being baptized.
Step 6
The sign of the Cross accompanies the sign of the Cross more often during Lent (at the entrance and exit from the church three times), and also always after the prayers "We sing to you …", "It is worthy to eat …", before the prayers "Our Father", "It is worthy and righteous to eat …", during the taking out of the Holy Gifts.
