Consecration among Orthodox Christians is a rite that is introduced by the Church into a person's personal life, so that through him the blessing of God descends on a person and his life.
Instructions
Step 1
The consecration of a house, a car, or any other thing is evidence of trust in God and the belief that nothing on earth never happens without His will to do so.
Step 2
The church sanctifies everything necessary for life with prayer and blessing. They consecrate things by sprinkling three times with holy water, with the recitation of a special prayer: This thing is blessed and sanctified by sprinkling this sacred water, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Products are consecrated with the same prayer.
Step 3
The main preparation for sanctifying a thing is to understand the motive and meaning of this action. Ask the priest to explain to you the meaning of the whole rite. Some people believe that the consecration of the car is necessary in order to prevent it from being involved in accidents. But in fact, this is not so, sanctifying any thing, you must not forget that you yourself are being sanctified, which means you must correspond.
Step 4
If you decide to consecrate something, you need to know some practical details. Crosses are usually consecrated at baptism, or you need to take a pectoral cross to the church and there they will tell you what to do next. I consecrate food, especially Easter cakes and Easter in the church after the service.
Step 5
If you invite a priest to consecrate an apartment, it must be clean, in the sense of tidy. You will need a free table on which the priest will perform his sacred rite. Turn off TV, loud music.
Step 6
Be respectful of the event taking place, accept the words that the priest will say to you during the consecration as something very important to himself. The car is consecrated near the temple, but remember that you will not only consecrate it, but yourself in it. The church does not engage in magic, that it is impossible to perform any sacred act separately from the person who receives it.
