The need to visit a church arises not only among Orthodox Christians, but also among many atheists during difficult life crises. The church - the temple of God - opens its doors to everyone: believers and doubters, adults and young children. When visiting the temple, you need to remember how to behave during the service.
It is necessary
For women - a scarf, a skirt below the knee
Instructions
Step 1
Visiting the temple gives strength, primarily spiritual, fills a person's consciousness with wisdom. Come to church some time before the service begins. If you entered during the reading of the Six Psalms, the Gospel, or at the time of the transfiguration of the Holy Gifts, wait until the end of these parts of the service at the front door. Enter the church with humble joy, cross yourself and do three bows in the waist.
Step 2
People come to an Orthodox church in order to ask for blessings, to thank for miracles, to repent of sins, to order prayers, or simply to calm down, purify the soul. In the temple, men should be on the right side of it, and women on the left. Women should wear skirts below the knee with a headscarf covered. A visit to the temple involves the absence of makeup on the face.
Step 3
Light candles only from other candles. Place them for the health of the Savior, the Mother of God, Panteleimon and other saints who possessed the gift of healing. A candle for health is placed with the words: "Holy servitor of God (say your name), pray to God for me, a sinner (or, if you ask for something else, his name)." Cross yourself, bow and kiss the icon. If you light a candle for all the saints, say: "All holy, pray to God for us."
Step 4
Before you venerate the icon, the Gospel or the Cross, bow and cross yourself twice before kissing and once after. Applying to the icon of the Savior, the believers kiss the foot, and if the Savior is depicted up to the waist - the hand with the words of the prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." Applying to the icons of the Mother of God (with the words "Most Holy Theotokos, save us") and the saints, they kiss the hand.
Step 5
Listen to the prayers and, if you know their text, pray with everyone from the heart. Do not be annoyed with others and do not judge their random mistakes. Do not eat anything in the church, except the blessed bread, which is distributed by the clergy. During the service, do not walk around the church, listen to the service while standing. In case of feeling unwell, of course, it is allowed to sit down, but do not leave the temple unless absolutely necessary.
Step 6
If the priest overshadows the parishioners with the Gospel, an image, a cross or a cup, then the parishioners are baptized and bow down. If a clergyman blesses with his hand, carries a censer with the words "Peace to all," or lights it with candles, parishioners make a bow bow without crossing themselves or folding their hands in a boat, as with a personal blessing.
