In recent decades, the number of people attending the church has increased. Someone calls it a fashion for religion, someone - the revival of Orthodoxy in Russia. Perhaps someone is really trying to follow the fashion, but for most people, coming to faith was a serious decision.
A person who comes to the Christian faith in adulthood inevitably experiences some difficulties. After all, no one taught him the church life in childhood, and he has to look for answers to many questions on his own. One of these issues is the frequency of visiting the temple.
Ideals and extremes
If you look at the schedule of services of any temple, it is easy to see that any services are held in the church almost every day - morning, afternoon, evening. The ideal option for a Christian would certainly be to attend all of these services.
But ideals are rarely attainable in reality. Absolutely all divine services can be attended either by a monk who has completely devoted his life to serving God and has no other responsibilities, or a lonely pensioner who no longer needs to study, work, or even nurse children or grandchildren. However, older people often have another stumbling block - health.
No one requires a layman to attend all services without fail. But there is another extreme: a person goes to church only on Easter, Christmas, perhaps for another two or three big holidays, and this is what his church life is limited to.
It is appropriate to remember here that the relationship between God and the person who believes in him should be based on love. Would a loving person agree to meet with a beloved woman or an equally beloved friend twice a year? No, he will look for meetings as often as possible! If a person is not looking for meetings with God, which take place in the temple, it is difficult to call him a Christian.
Golden mean
When deciding on the frequency of attending church, it is appropriate to recall one of the commandments. It reads like this: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, work six days and do all your deeds, and the seventh day is the Sabbath to the Lord your God." In other words, God himself gave people a specific recommendation: to set aside one day a week to meet with God.
In Old Testament times, as indicated in the commandment, such a day was Saturday - the day when God "rested from all His works" after six days of creation, therefore the Jews still honor the Sabbath.
In Christianity, resurrection is considered a sacred day when the Resurrection of Christ is remembered. It is the resurrection that the Christian should dedicate to God by visiting the temple on that day.
Going to church once a week, on a day off, is not at all burdensome. This allows you to constantly "keep yourself in shape", comparing your spiritual life with the requirements of the Church.
