we have often heard that some people are unsure how to behave in an Orthodox Church and why not go to church. On demand considerations then come to the OK something Oriental or similar . Accuse
The Orthodox Church is an apostolic (in the Lord, the apostles and their successors basing) and Catholic Church (Catholic is from kat `holon-general, all encompassing and does not Roman Catholic, the OK is a lot less doctrinaire as the RCC.
The behavior in the church is a connection between the Orthodox Church practiced rules, traditions and canons.
More generally, to make sure nothing grossly wrong when you move carefully and respectfully.
The church should be especially careful, because it is the house of God and in His Present one should just behave accordingly. Also (mainly secular) Conversations are really inappropriate, because this house for prayer, for "conversation" with God is there and he was otherwise passes. Despite his
allows us some points, as is seen by many interested people just asked for the religious sensibilities of Orthodox Christians.
In every prayer, before the church, entering the church, if we turn into the church to the altar (usually east), in the worship of icons, relics and the cross of the Orthodox Christian denoted by the sign of the cross .
The basic idea is this, the believer is sealed with the sign of hl. Cross finds his life including; you are doing this during the personal prayers, while the liturgies, or when entering and leaving the church and others on many occasions.
If you connect to a bishop or priest, you bow, place the right palm in a cross in the left and tilt your head. Now, the priest (Father = Batjuschka) or Bishop (Vladyka = master) bless you with the sign of the cross. After receiving the blessing you can kiss the hand of the priest who has blessed you. Some fathers will also extend the cross to kiss.
front of the church, when Orthodox Christians are in the vicinity of the church, crossing themselves they look at while on the cross and / or domes of the temple and bow. Likewise, if they do get into the church, they turn to the altar, three signs of the cross do with small bows.
during services ARE the Orthodox faithful in most cases.
veneration of icons: If the wants
Orthodox Christians venerate icons, then this is done as follows.
Twice crossing themselves and bowing, Icon kiss, once crossing themselves and bowing.
The face of our Lord and the saints should not be kissed.
worship is an icon of Christ, then you kiss the feet when the Lord or the saints are shown to the chest, then kiss our hands, with a picture of the face to kiss the edges. Worshiped as the icon of the neo-martyrs, ie, more holy, it is enough to kiss the icon once. Other believers even want to venerate the icons ...
This one should also consider if you want to kneel before the icons. Our Lord is always with us and see if You kneel down so only in thought. However, you need not rush, you can also collect first and wait, has returned to peace in the soul, then you can set up candles for relatives, the sick or dead ..
It is also possible a Moleben (Bittandacht for patients or travelers) or Panichida (Gedächtnisansacht for the dead) to order. This can be done usually at the candle desk by the papers there in memory of the living or dead (Pominalnyj Listok) or a book in memory of the living and the dead (Pomjannik) there provenance.
The Reading / Useful Literature find a way to order such a book or papers.
icons are symbolic images of the original image (such as the Lord Himself, the Blessed Mother or Saint) transparent to the presence of her person. The issue raised is transferred to worship the archetype, so we worship the saints, the Mother of God, the Lord and not the picture or the wood. It must be noted that symbolic images are two dimensional, so they lack the perspective. So it is so regarded by a picture and not a reality, illusion, so we find no statues in Orthodox churches.
Then the Lord sent his Incarnate Son, the herniederstiegt to us of God and man is at the same time, the invisible became visible, we may also worship his image. At this point should be stressed again that a great difference between veneration and worship, worship is due only to our Lord! Holy
can I compare with older siblings who I can ask for help.
The Orthodox cross,
typical for Orthodox churches, the Orthodox cross. You see the lower diagonal cross-bar, a clear indication of the robber who was crucified along with our Lord, who said to our Lord: "Remember me, Lord, if you come in Your kingdom "(Lk 23, 42-43)
This robber was the first to recognize the love of our Lord on the cross and asked Him for forgiveness and eternal life. Thus he was saved as the first. This spoiler is therefore an example of repentance.
The cross is not "just" a symbol of suffering, but also of redemption. Our Lord was crucified for the forgiveness of our sins and rose again, "has conquered death by death and those placed on the graves of life." Some interesting observations can be found among others in the book "Christ in you, hope of glory" - Orthodox faith, ISBN 3-525-56832-0, NE: Heitz, Sergius, Vandenhoeck Ruprecht Göttingen
We must penetrate into these words of prayer, we cross themselves without haste and by the way the cross and "break" not, as it says in the preface to the Psalter.
The cross is broken if we are mechanical sign of the cross, waving his hand over his chest.
If we beat the cross on this way, it's not right.
Shall we, therefore, always be mindful, we want to draw the sign of the cross properly and without haste on us. Because only a properly drawn Cross will be effective and drive the unclean forces from us and protect us from all evil. "
also interesting in this context, the reference to Lk 9:23 "For all he said: Who wants to be my disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me ." As well as Matthew 10, 38: " And who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. "
The journal THE MESSENGER 1 / 2009 can be found including a very interesting and readable articles are found in the more important information, by Bishop Barnabas (Beliaev)
"THE PLACE OF PRAYER (THE CHURCH) AND ITS OUTER
from church AND CONDUCT IN THE CHURCH"
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