Instructions
Before you sprinkle house saint water, you need to tidy up all your things, wash the windows, floors, wipe off the dust, wipe the mirrors, wash the curtains. The rooms should be free of unnecessary items and clutter. Cleaning can be done on any day except Sunday.
Before starting the process, you must wash your hands. Loan you need to pour holy water into a clean bowl. Please note that under no circumstances should you use a bowl that has been touched. A new bowl is best. Getting Started with Sprinkling house ah, you need to read a prayer for blessed deeds.
Sprinkling begins from the red corner. The red corner is located in the central room diagonally from the entrance. There should be an iconostasis or in the red corner. You need to stand in front of the corner, scoop a little with your right hand saint water, sprinkle the corner crosswise and say the following: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".
Then you need to go around the room clockwise and sprinkle the remaining corners, walls, ceiling and floor in the same way. Be careful not to step on drops of water that fall on the floor. Holy water should not get under shoes. It is best to remove your shoes before sprinkling and carry out the procedure barefoot. After sprinkling the room, read the prayer to the “Life-Giving Cross.”
After sprinkling the central room, sprinkle the rest of the rooms, kitchen, bathroom and hallway in the same way. Only the corners need to be sprinkled. Toilet saint water do not sprinkle. After sprinkling everything, read the prayer “to the Holy Martyr Blasius, Bishop of Sebaste.”
After you have sprinkled the entire home, draw on each wall and above the front door. Use chalk or pencil. They, too, should be illuminated according to the order of illumination of things.
If you have moved to a new house, it definitely needs to be sprinkled saint water and clean. Hang an icon in the red corner Mother of God or Savior. Light a candle and read a prayer for blessed deeds. Then sprinkle all house. Sprinkling the home saint water occurs in the same way as sprinkling the dwelling in which you live.
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Holy water is truly a magical liquid. She has the ability to cure diseases, cleanse the evil eye and rid a person of bad thoughts. Sprinkling with holy water in the Orthodox Church gives a special atmosphere of purity and holiness, as if brightening everything around and making it full of grace. You can sprinkle your apartment or office with holy water yourself, but you must do it according to all the rules.
You will need
- holy water, sprinkling container
Instructions
Pour holy water into a special container. It's best to use a new bowl, but one of the bowls or plates you use at home will work. everyday life. It is important that the bowl is not used for animals. The day before sprinkling, your home needs to be cleaned and everything washed. Sprinkling is a kind of sacrament, so it is simply necessary that the cleanliness of the room and your soul correspond to it. It is best to carry out this procedure on Sunday, but any other day, of course, is also suitable. Immediately before you start sprinkling, walk through the apartment again and check that all things are in their places and there is nothing unnecessary anywhere.
On the day of sprinkling or the day before, it’s a good idea to go to church for a service, then talk to the priest and ask for his blessing to sprinkle your home with holy water. Without such a blessing, the procedure, of course, can be carried out, just after talking with the priest you will have peace and the necessary grace in your soul. And for sprinkling the mood is very great value. You need to start sprinkling rooms from the red corner - this is the central part of the house, located diagonally from front door. Usually the iconostasis or one icon is located in the red corner. Immediately before sprinkling, it is necessary to read a prayer for blessing the deed or “Our Father”.
Scoop up some water with your hand and, with the words “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” sprinkle the red corner with water in a cross-shaped motion. In the same way, sprinkle all the corners of the room, the floor and the ceiling. You need to move clockwise, trying not to step on drops of holy water. After you finish sprinkling the room, you need to read the prayer to the Life-giving Cross or, if you don’t know it, “Our Father.” In the same way, you should sprinkle all the other rooms of the apartment, the kitchen and the hallway.
Please note
The toilet is not sprinkled with holy water. When sprinkling a bathroom, only spray the corners, leaving the floor and ceiling untouched.
In order not to desecrate the procedure dirty shoes you need to take off your shoes. Carry out the sprinkling in socks, or best of all barefoot.
Holy water is a great Christian shrine, so a Christian’s attitude towards it should be very reverent and pious. Water can be blessed in temples and springs. At the request of the people, the priest can bless the water at almost any time, since there is a certain order for this. A Christian needs to know how to properly use holy water for his needs.
Scientists have scientifically proven that consecrated water changes its qualities somewhat. After blessed consecration, it has healing properties, which was noticed
There is a practice of adding holy water to food. This is done for the grace-filled consecration of food. True, you need to add so much so that it does not harm the dish itself.
In addition to the fact that you can drink holy water when you are sick, it is recommended to anoint sore spots, and sometimes even to wash your face. For joint diseases, you can soak the bandage in holy water and apply a bandage (clergy can give such recommendations).
Holy water can not only be drunk for healing and general blessed blessing, but also used when added to food. There is a tradition of sprinkling houses and apartments with holy water. It is this one that the priest uses for other items. Church practice does not prohibit sprinkling your homes with holy water, and therefore some believers sometimes do it.
A Christian must take care of this unique Divine gift and store holy water in an appropriate place, for example, next to.
How to consecrate an apartment yourself?
The rite of blessing a home is performed only by an Orthodox priest who is not prohibited from serving.
Housing complete only the true can sanctify Orthodox priest. If one is not available or is absent due to the circumstances of the retreat, then any faithful (active, church-going Orthodox Christian) can consecrate his home and things, incl. , sprinkling of the Holy Epiphany ( Epiphany water). At the same time, to consecrate the house, you can read the prayer “May God rise again...”, Psalm 90 and “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, by sprinkling sowing holy water, let every evil demonic action be put to flight, amen.” If you want a priest to consecrate your apartment with complete consecration, then for this you need to contact the Orthodox church closest to your home (in our case, the Russian Orthodox Church). Very often there is no fixed donation required. People donate to the priest whenever possible, as much as they can, sometimes priests even refuse to take donations from the elderly and poor.
How to properly sprinkle an apartment with holy water?
Many people are now afraid of the evil eye, damage, and witchcraft. Many people stick needles into all the door frames, hang themselves like Christmas trees with amulets, smoke all the corners with candles and forget that church prayer alone can save a person from the violence of the devil. After all, he trembles at the power of God and is unable to harm anyone who abides in God’s love. (read: and).
To protect yourself from dark forces, one must not commit mortal sins, and especially one must not turn for “help” to the servants of Satan: sorcerers, psychics, hypnotists (encoded), various healers, fortune-tellers. It is impossible to simultaneously pray to God for help and at the same time run to fortune tellers and psychics. Often problems appear or worsen after some time just after visiting such “helpers”, since this is a sin and God forbids doing this. If you have already turned to “healers” or sorcerers, then you need to tell the priest about this - he will know how to help in this case.
“You shall not have anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, a soothsayer, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, a sorcerer, ...” (Deut. 18:10).
This interesting letter came to a monk at the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery about the consecration of the house:
Hello. My apartment is not completely consecrated, because my parents did not allow their room to be consecrated. 2 weeks passed, and during the next third week, my nephew constantly began to see a person in the room at night and got scared. I myself, upon waking up, heard a sort of mocking, satisfied singing, and non-believing parents say that the “bump” lives under their bed. Mom saw a dog in the room one night. What can I do? The consecration of the apartment was already difficult. Parents are against any priestly visits. The presence of a “bump” in the house does not bother them at all. Maybe you can recommend some special prayers or something else?
08/13/2004 Elena Ukraine, Sevastopol
Dear Elena!
Your entire apartment was consecrated by the prayer of the Church through the priest, and the room can be sprinkled with holy water. So, the apartment is consecrated and, thus, cleansed of all “bumps” and other evil spirits. But if the evil spirits still continue to annoy, then, one must assume, the “big shots” have made a nest for themselves not in the apartment, but in the souls of its residents. Therefore, you need to cleanse your soul from uninvited and annoying “guests”. How to do this? The Holy Gospel says through the mouth of the Savior that “this same generation is driven out only by prayer and fasting” (Matthew 17:21). So we must keep the fast (especially since now the entire Church has entered into the Dormition Fast until August 28), repent at confession, receive unction and receive communion, and go to church services. And continue to try to live according to the Gospel commandments. Then, for sure, all these “bumps” “like smoke disappears, let them disappear.” And pray more diligently for your relatives.
Lord strengthen you!
Whether you swim in the Epiphany waters or not is not the point. It is important to understand that if you do not live within the fence of the Church, then there is no point in swimming. Bathing in Epiphany water does not instantly heal everyone from any illness and does not wash away sins. Returning to sins...it is not Epiphany water that washes them, but repentance in. No more. Even if you swim two kilometers back and forth in an ice hole and don’t come to confession, your sins will not decrease.
Thus, the problem may not only be a “bad” apartment. Often the cause of a “bad apartment” is not a bad apartment, but a person’s unrepentant sins, life without God and the Church. If you come to the temple a couple of times a year - in the spring, to bless Easter cakes with eggs, and in the winter, for Epiphany water, then the collected water will be of practically no use to you. This is ordinary paganism, a belief in magic, in the fact that “water is charged.” We must become Orthodox Christian, then the water will be beneficial. And Easter cakes with eggs. And to do this, you need to start going to services (at least to start with the Sunday Liturgy) and resort to the Sacraments, the main of which is Communion. We must begin to rebuild our lives in the Gospel way, learn not just to believe in God, but also to believe in God. Well, and finally drive out from yourself the most terrible demon of our days - “God in the soul”! Help us all in this, Lord!
Each of us, to the best of our ability and ability, tries in everyday life to maintain cleanliness in our homes and neatness in our clothing. And there are some especially clean people who zealously maintain cleanliness and order. And how concerned is such a person if, for some reason, this order and cleanliness is violated.
Likewise, a person who is accustomed to monitoring the purity of his heart and the neatness of his soul cannot live without repentance. Such a person waits and longs for another confession, just as parched earth awaits life-giving moisture. Imagine for a moment a person who has not washed off bodily dirt all his life! So the soul requires washing, and what would happen if it weren’t? When taking care of your home, don’t forget to take care of your soul! The Lord said to His disciples: Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven. That is, the unforgiven, unresolved, will appear in another world unforgiven, unresolved, bound in his sin. )
You just need to understand that in Orthodoxy there is no magic and no sacred act without one’s own repentance (that attitude described by the prophet David “a sacrifice to God, a broken spirit, a contrite and humble heart God will not despise”) will not have the benefit for which it is intended. (Editor’s note) .) After church, we must try again not to succumb to passions and vices, to abstain, abandon sin and, with God’s help, overcome. For example, read the Gospel or the lives of saints, pray for the departed, refrain from entertainment and distraction, from empty conversations, TV series or talk shows, and there will be no place for the evil one in your soul or in your home.
Attention: do not confuse the independent sprinkling of a home with holy water with the consecration by a clergyman, when special prayers are read and the walls are anointed with holy oil, and an image of a cross is attached to the walls.
If you are going to sprinkle your home, then before doing this you need to clean the house, wash all the floors, wipe off the dust, and remove all unnecessary items. The rooms should not be cluttered. Do not cover the windows with curtains - the more light there is in the house, the better. It is preferable to sprinkle the home on Sunday. Just don't do cleaning on Sunday. It would be nice to go to church on this day for a service and take a blessing from the priest and perhaps agree on one day when he can come to you to carry out the full consecration of the home. So, how to properly sprinkle with holy water? Wash your hands, pour some holy water into a clean bowl. Never take a bowl that has been touched by animals! Better yet, buy a new bowl and use it only for holy water. Before sprinkling the house, you need to read a prayer to bless the deed.
Prayer for blessing the case:
Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3 times with bows)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be it Your name,Thy Kingdom come,Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread;And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen
O God, Creator and Creator of all things, the works of our hands, which we begin for Thy glory, hasten to correct with Thy blessing, and deliver us from all evil, for one is all-powerful and Lover of mankind. Quick to intercede and strong to help, present yourself to the grace of Thy power now, and bless and strengthen, and bring about the good work of Thy servants to accomplish the good work of Thy servants: for all that thou desirest, for the Mighty God is able to do. Amen.
You need to start sprinkling from the red corner. The red corner is the corner in the central room, located diagonally from the entrance. There should be an iconostasis, or at least one icon. Stand in front of this corner, scoop up some holy water with your right hand (sprinkle, brush) and sprinkle the corner in a cross shape with the words: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".
Go around the room clockwise and sprinkle all the corners, walls, floor and ceiling in the same way. Try not to step on drops of water.
After sprinkling the room, read a prayer to the Life-Giving Cross.
Prayer to the Life-Giving Cross:
May God rise again, and may His enemies be scattered, and may all those who hate Him flee from His presence. As smoke disappears, let them disappear; as wax melts in the face of fire, so let demons perish from the face of those who love God and signify themselves with the sign of the cross, and who say in joy: Rejoice, Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by force on you of our drunken Lord Jesus Christ, who descended into hell and trampled upon the power the devil, and who gave us His Honest Cross to drive away every adversary. O Most Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Virgin Mary and with all the saints forever. Amen.
Sprinkle all the other rooms, the kitchen and the hallway in the same way. In the bathroom, spray only the corners. You cannot sprinkle holy water on the toilet.
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Troparion, tone 4
Give thanks to Thy unworthy servants, O Lord, for Thy great blessings upon us; we glorify Thee, bless, thank Thee, sing and magnify Thy compassion, and slavishly cry out to Thee in love: O our Benefactor, glory to Thee.
Kontakion, tone 3
As a servant of indecency, having been honored with Your blessings and gifts, Master, we earnestly flow to You, giving thanks according to our strength, and glorifying You as the Benefactor and Creator, we cry out: Glory to You, All-Bountiful God. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokos
Theotokos, Christian Helper, Your servants, having acquired Your intercession, cry out to You in gratitude: Rejoice, Most Pure Virgin Mother of God, and always deliver us from all our troubles with Your prayers, One who will soon intercede.
If the water remains, you can sprinkle it the next day.
“If you don’t want sorrows, don’t sin, sincerely repent of your sins and untruths, don’t do evil to your neighbors either in deed, or in word, or even in thought, visit church more often, pray, treat your loved ones and neighbors with mercy, then the Lord will have mercy on you too , and if it is useful, then it will free you from sorrow.”
Abbot Nikon Vorobyov
Confession is usually performed in the church before the start of the service, or at the end of the service in the evening. If this is your first confession, then it’s better to tell the priest about it, most likely he will advise you and give you more time.
Letters and answers to questions:
Saint Nicholas of Serbia in response to a letter from one woman who complained that she was being bothered scary dreams wrote: “I’ll say this: the three youths who appear to you are three of your children, killed by you in the womb, before the sun touched their faces with its gentle rays. Start by understanding and realizing this. Do everything in your power , for your murdered children, do deeds of mercy. And the Lord will forgive you - everyone is alive with Him - and give you peace. Go to church and ask what you should do: the priests know.(read in full)"
And here’s what he wrote to a man who went to psychics, fortune-tellers, healers, healers, etc.:
And I'll ask you something. Why are you making God suffer? Why are you torturing the martyred Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross for you? He endured great suffering to save people from false gods, from false saviors, from all the dark forces working through these false saviors. And yet you passed by Him, the only true one, and went to seek help from His enemies - fortune-tellers and healers.This is what the Apostle of Christ advises: Is any of you sick, let him call the elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will heal the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they will forgive him (James 5:14–15)(sacrament of unction)
My mother-in-law, in parallel with the Bible, is looking for the truth of life in Feng Shui, believes in reincarnation and past civilizations. And in lately She became interested in conspiracies and omens, feeds the brownie mushrooms, tells fortunes and accustoms her daughter to this heresy. Her life is a mess, her children are always sick, she has no money, but she doesn’t give in to any persuasion to stop doing nonsense and turn to a priest: one does not interfere with the other. How to protect yourself and future children? I'm scared... Natalya
Hello, Natalya!
I fully understand and share your fears. The mother-in-law’s behavior can indeed negatively affect not only the spiritual, but also the physical state of those around her. But let's take things in order.
At first, your mother-in-law became interested in Eastern philosophies. In fact, it is a product of pagan cults. It is clear that such beliefs have nothing in common with faith in the Living God. But things went further. Now she is already involved in outright occultism. Conspiracies are not an appeal to God at all, but a calling on evil spirits, although for cover they can be “furnished” with Christian terminology.
Fortune telling is completely prohibited by the Church and is considered a grave sin. And feeding the brownie is a return to ancient Slavic paganism. It is quite logical to assume that soon your mother-in-law will get to black magic and Satanism. And of course, there is nothing surprising in the fact that family troubles reign in the house, the children are getting sick one after another, and she herself is not in at its best. All these are the consequences of the confusion that reigns in her head. For it is impossible to mix faith in Christ with faith in Buddha or Krishna, Orthodox prayer mix with the conspiracy, and consider yourself an Orthodox Christian, while practicing fortune telling and magic.
Now let's move on to how to protect yourself from negative consequences your mother-in-law's activities. First of all, you need to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ as often as possible and encourage your spouse and, if possible, those loved ones who have not yet come under the influence of your mother-in-law to do so. If you live separately from her, then be sure to consecrate your home. Try to pray more not only at home, but also visit the temple of God more often to pray. Keep the fasts. In a word, try to do everything that it calls for Orthodox Church your faithful children. Then you will be under the grace-filled protection of the saving church Sacraments. And, of course, try to explain to your mother-in-law about the sinfulness of her errors and the possible consequences of her activities. If it doesn’t work out, then all that remains is to pray for her and hope for God’s great mercy. God help you.
Letter No. 1
We have been fighting witchcraft for 8 years now. All to no avail. General lectures in Zagorsk from Father Herman and unction did not help. As one clairvoyant said, nothing will help. Too much long term conspiracy. The essence of man has changed. Her life is running out. Besides the fact that she has no path in life, she suddenly began to dislike Russian guys. Makes contact only with the Kyrgyz. Question. Is it possible to organize a personal lecture with Father Germ in Zagorsk? Valentina
Hello, Valentina!
And where did you get such knowledge of occult terminology? Probably from those clairvoyants and psychics whom you listen to with such pleasure. I can tell you only one thing - all this is complete nonsense! And your troubles come precisely from the visits of these “kind” clairvoyants, who dare to say that nothing can help a person. Since when, may I ask, did Orthodox Christians begin to trust so much in people who have nothing in common with God? And moreover, consciously serving the devil. Yes, yes, that's right! And nothing else!
“You shall not have anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, a soothsayer, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, a sorcerer, ...” (Deut. 18:10).
Fortune tellers, psychics, healers, clairvoyants - all these are ministers of black cults. And no lectures from Fr. will help you. Herman and unction, it will only get worse from them. And all because it is impossible to simultaneously pray to God for help and at the same time run through psychics.
Turning to a clairvoyant is turning to the devil! This is a direct violation of the first commandment: “I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods before Me” (Exodus 20:2-3). And for violating this commandment in the Old Testament there was punishment death penalty. So draw a conclusion why your daughter is melting before your eyes. And if you don’t stop, then everything can end even more sadly, for “I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, and showing mercy to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.” "(Exodus 20:5-6).
If you have drawn the appropriate conclusions for yourself, then I will continue further. You need to understand that a person who lives in harmony with God and fulfills His commandments is not afraid of any witchcraft. On at the moment you and your daughter urgently need
Perhaps the priest will assign you penance. With humility, accept all the admonitions of your confessor and follow all his instructions. And get out of your head the idea that Fr. Germana is a panacea for all diseases. Your daughter does not suffer from demonic possession, and the rite of reprimand is the direct expulsion of an evil spirit from a person’s body. She needs to confess, receive communion, and, if necessary, receive unction as often as possible. But remember that all this is incompatible with visits to occultists. You can receive all other instructions from the priest in the temple. God help you!
You just need to understand that in Orthodoxy there is no magic and no sacred act without one’s own repentance (that attitude described by the prophet David “a sacrifice to God, a broken spirit, a broken and humble heart, God will not despise”) will not have the benefit for which it is intended. (Editor’s note) .)
It is worth emphasizing that if a person comes to confession, or to communion, or to baptism not for the sake of union with the Lord Jesus Christ, but for the sake of some completely different goals, especially occult goals, then this is a grave sin. It happens that they say: “Well, we went to the grandmothers, and they said: “You are unbaptized, go get baptized” - or: “Go take communion to church, and then we will tell your fortune, then we will do for you what you want.” " From this, some conclude that they are Orthodox. But the demons do this, because for demons it is more interesting to abuse a baptized Christian than to abuse an unbaptized person. Therefore, I would venture to suggest that in your case this did not bring what you expected, because it was not done for the purpose for which these sacraments were established.
And if your problems are not of a medical nature, but of a spiritual nature, then they must be solved not by a one-time visit to church, but by a full-fledged church life. Make it a rule for yourself to visit church at least once a week, go to confession often, take communion monthly, pray at home in the morning and evening, read spiritual literature and the Gospel daily and your spiritual problems will be resolved.
However, such a lifestyle is necessary for any believer. Perhaps the misfortune that befell you simply reminds you of the need to live as a Christian should.
Even if problems are not resolved instantly by church means, it may be necessary to show patience and constancy in doing good: in fasting and prayer, attending services and participating in the sacraments of the Church? Maybe you need to seriously reconsider your life, work on your soul, remembering that the goal of Christian life is not health, well-being and prosperity, but sanctification, transformation of the soul?It takes time to enlighten, to purify the heart, to become closer to Christ. “...Here the devil and God are fighting, but the battlefield is the hearts of people”...
In addition to God, there are forces that in Christianity are called fallen angels, demons, demons.
These forces, which themselves have long ago made their choice in favor of fighting against God, strive to persuade people to do the same. Those who keep the laws of God, expressed, first of all, in His commandments, are protected by God, but the one who rejects these commandments, first of all, by the way of his life, by the values underlying it, deprives himself of this protection and becomes an easy prey demons These people reject God's protection, and God, respecting their free will, leaves them alone with their choice. St. John of Damascus writes about demons: “... every vice was invented by them and unclean passions. And they are allowed to attack a person, but they are not able to force anyone, because it depends on us whether to withstand the attack or not.” A person deprived of God's protection, having become the prey of demons who are indifferent to our free will, becomes possessed by demonic forces. The will of such people becomes controlled by demons, and they themselves turn into their puppets. Therefore, one should not be surprised when a certain grandmother “heals” or “predicts”, but understand who the source is and what the consequences may be.
Demons are very cunning and insidious. If they see that you are not listening to them and are shying away from their evil deeds, they will try to influence you through another person who is next to you at that moment (for example, one who does not know anything about demons). They inspire him to suggest, advise you to do such an act (for example, go to your grandmother, bewitch, bewitch, “treat”, have an abortion, kill, etc.), i.e. sin, an act that violates the commandments of God, incline you to sin and further aggravate the sin, thus tearing you away from Christ, depriving you of God’s protection and destroying you. But they cannot force you to do something bad without your decision.
Important: If your problems are not of a medical nature, but of a spiritual nature, then they should be solved not by a one-time visit to church, but by a full-fledged church life, going to services, participating in the sacraments of the church.
– I can’t understand: what is the danger of doing yoga? For example, they help me in life.
– These two questions are like two siblings, the younger and the older: the second was exactly the same as the first just a couple of years ago!...
The saddest thing, however, is something else: some of us, having received “help” from some occult, anti-Christian source, until the end of our lives will not feel either movement downhill, or the onset of darkness, or a sense of retribution. Therefore, the author of the second question has every reason to rejoice - if, of course, he draws the proper conclusions from his current state.
Here is how the remarkable modern thinker, American, Russian Orthodox priest Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) speaks about this:
“Of course, in addition to Christianity, there are other expressions of universal meaning and order... For example, to a follower of traditional Indian or Chinese philosophy the truth is to some extent revealed and inner world, originating from it... He who deviates from this relative truth and partial world loses much, but not everything, as apostate Christian. That is why unprecedented confusion reigns in our hearts, because we have retreated from the law and truth, which were fully revealed to us in Christ Himself” (“Man Inside Out. Philosophy of the Absurd”).
In conclusion, the answer to this serious question is an illustration that will help you understand the meaning of what was said. In some book for children, the action takes place in the summer of 1941. The boys shout: “Tanks are coming, tanks! Let’s run to look!...” The hero is perplexed: the tanks are German... But best friend drags him by the hand: “Hurry! Just think, what a difference!”
But there is a difference, and a considerable one. For German children, it would not be so significant, but many of us, who in childhood ran after other people’s tanks, unnoticed for ourselves crossed the line beyond which lies a slope, darkness and retribution.
From our article you will learn how to independently perform the ceremony of consecrating your home, car and workplace with holy water.
We all know that our thoughts, with a strong desire, can materialize into reality. The most unpleasant thing is that this applies to both our dreams and our worries. It has long been proven that if a person is afraid of some disease, then sooner or later he will develop it. In addition, anger, envy and swearing have a negative effect on a person.
If there is a lot of negative energy in the house in which a family lives, then it will inevitably begin to poison people’s lives. This is why it is extremely important to clear the space around you of negativity several times a year. You can carry out the cleansing ritual with the help of Epiphany water and a church candle.
How to clean an apartment or house from negativity with a candle and holy water yourself?
Cleansing the living space with a candle flame- As mentioned at the beginning of our article, negative energy can destroy the well-being of the strongest family, so if you begin to notice that the cat has stopped coming into the house or your indoor flowers have begun to fade for no reason, then it’s time to cleanse your home of negativity. It is best to use water blessed for the Epiphany for these purposes.
- It is believed that she is the one who is able to remove all the negativity present in the house, thereby returning peace and well-being to the household. But in order for the ritual to really help you, you need to properly prepare for it. To begin with, you must clean the apartment as thoroughly as possible. Throw out all the old things from your home, remove dust from all surfaces, change all bedding if possible, hang clean towels in the bathroom and wash the floors.
- Pay special attention to the front door. It also needs to be washed thoroughly, and then immediately sprinkled with holy water. This way you will seal the entrance to your home and prevent bad energy get into it. After this, go to the bath, swim and change into clean clothes. Then stand in front of the icons, cross yourself and read the Lord’s Prayer. When this is finished, proceed directly to the cleansing ritual.
- Light a candle and slowly walk through all the rooms of your house. If during the cleansing process you see that in some place the flame is behaving very restlessly, stop there and cross it three times church candle. If after this the flame fluctuates greatly, repeat the procedure again. Usually after the second time the negative energy disappears. Yes, and if during cleansing someone starts knocking on your door, do not answer and do not let the person come into the house. It is likely that this is the person who is harming you and your family.
- After the whole house has been walked around, take Epiphany water and, using wheat ears, sprinkle all the walls of the house, special attention paying attention to the corners. Be sure to open all the cabinets and bedside tables and also baptize them with holy water. After this is finished, kneel again in front of the icons and ask the Almighty for grace.
How to properly sanctify and clean an office, office, workplace, or any room?
Rules for blessing an office - As a rule, there is always a lot of negative energy in a person’s workplace. After all, no matter what friendly team no matter what, all people come to work in different moods. Most often, they bring home problems and troubles with them. All this negativity tends to accumulate and begin to cause discord between colleagues. For this reason, it will be better if you try to consecrate your office, workplace or even the office where you work.
- But remember, this ritual must also be carried out in a clean room. Therefore, or ask to put things in order in advance service personnel or do the cleaning together with your colleagues. Last option It will be preferable for you because with such actions you will begin to leave positive energy in the room even without cleansing. When everything is cleaned, take the holy water, and starting from the east side of the room, move through all the rooms of the office.
- Spray walls, furniture and ceilings with water, not forgetting to additionally place crosses on windows and doors. This whole process should be accompanied by the Lord's Prayer or simply a sincere request for a blessing. When the consecration ceremony is completed, close all doors tightly and wait for the holy water to dry completely. While this process continues, your workplace will continue to be filled with good energy without your participation.
- Yes, if you want the effect of this ritual to not go away, then don’t be lazy and perform it once a month. To do this, simply stock up on church water and keep it in a glass container, if possible also blessed. This way the water will not lose its life-giving properties for as long as possible.
How to properly sanctify and clean a store for a good trade in holy water?
Consecration of the store by the priest - If you want your business to flourish, then be sure to consecrate the store premises in which goods will be sold. It is advisable to do this before opening. This way you will not only rid the room of negative energy, but also create a blockage to the entry of negativity. So, the first thing you should do is put all the goods on the shelves. All things should be neatly laid out (down to the smallest leaf), empty boxes should be thrown away, and the floors should be washed.
- Pay special attention to the floors. If you want to people coming didn’t leave you their negativity, then take well water, dilute salt in it and add a couple of drops of Epiphany water, and wash the entire floor surface with the resulting solution. When the floors are washed, take holy water and walk around the room in a circle, placing crosses of holy liquid on all surfaces, including the product.
- After this, light the church candle, place it in the center of the room and wait until it burns out completely. While the candle is burning, read the Our Father or pray to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Ask that no one distracts you at this moment; you should focus solely on prayer and your desire to be a successful person.
- Once the candle melts, collect the remains and throw them out of the store. Then take dry sage and wormwood and, also walking in a circle, fumigate the entire room with them. This will help enhance the effect of holy water and prevent negative energy from entering your store from the street.
How to properly sanctify and clean a car with holy water?
Blessing of the car - Since we live in a very rapidly developing world, a car is not a luxury for us, but a means of transportation that helps us cope with all tasks and problems as quickly as possible. Due to the fact that we spend a lot of time stuck in traffic jams, the car gradually becomes filled with anger and irritation of drivers and their passengers.
- Therefore, if you do not want all this negativity to begin to affect you, then be sure to clean and consecrate your machine. There are two ways to bless your car. If you don’t know how to do this correctly, then just go to the church you go to with your family, make a small donation to the temple and ask the priest to perform the necessary ritual.
- In this case, you will need to open all the windows, doors and hood and wait until the holy man does everything according to church rules. If you want to do everything yourself, then buy three small icons from the church, for example, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Mother of God and Jesus Christ. Bring them home, tune in to the right mood and, taking holy water with you, go off to perform the ceremony.
- It is best to do it on Sunday after morning service. Sit inside the car, attach the purchased icons and start reading the Lord's Prayer. While reading, spray the seats, steering wheel, mirrors and all panels with water. When everything inside is consecrated, do the same steps outside. Then go back inside the car and, without sprinkling, simply pray in front of the icons.
- Yes, and don’t forget to always have God’s blessing with you, never swear in the car or park it in the wrong places. If negative energy is present in your car at least occasionally, the effect of the rite of consecration and purification will disappear very quickly.
How to sprinkle corners in an apartment, house, or room with holy water for cleansing?
Recommendations for cleaning corners with holy water - Holy water has a positive effect only if it is used correctly. She doesn't like anger, envy and yelling. All this has a very negative effect on its structure, gradually turning it into an ordinary liquid. Therefore, if you want it to really clean the premises, then at least in the place where it stands, try to maintain a peaceful atmosphere. You need to start cleaning the corners in your home from the red corner. First, put yourself and your thoughts in order.
- Then kneel in front of the icons, bend as low as possible and ask them for help. If you wish, you can read the prayer to the “Life-Giving Cross.” Then pour the holy water into a clean porcelain bowl, and scooping up some liquid from it, sprinkle the icons. While doing this, say the following words: In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. After that, proceed clockwise to the next corner. Stand opposite him and, having completely calmed down, begin to sprinkle the corner in a cross shape.
- Start sprinkling from the lowest point, gradually moving upward. Once you're done with that corner, move on to the next one and clean it using the same method as the previous one. When you return to the red corner, kneel again and read the prayer to the Holy Martyr Basil. Then leave the room and let the holy water perform its divine miracle.
Prayer for the consecration of an apartment, house, car with holy water
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Prayer #3 - We all know that christian prayer capable of performing miracles. Therefore, if you want to enhance the effect of holy water, then accompany the process of consecrating an apartment or house with a specific prayer. This will help you protect yourself as best as possible from evil looks, words and actions. You can read such prayers either directly over the water or while you sprinkle it on the walls.
- When you do this, it doesn’t matter at all, the main thing is that at this moment your thoughts are pure and your soul is tuned to dialogue with God. In addition, always remember that at home, as well as in church, a woman should read prayers with her head covered. Therefore, before you begin the ritual, be sure to tie a scarf on your head and wear a cross. As soon as you are ready, begin to say the words of the prayer in a low voice.
- Do not rush under any circumstances, do everything without unnecessary fuss and without the slightest doubt. Try to ensure that all your words are pronounced clearly enough and, most importantly, sincerely. You need to read prayers over water at least 3 times. There is an opinion that this is the only way God can hear the request of the one asking.
Instructions
Then say a special prayer to bless the water. It is given below:
“O great-famous God, create what is not! Come to your praying servants, Master: eat Your Holy Spirit and sanctify water this, and give her the grace of deliverance and the blessing of the Jordan: create with me a source of incorruptibility, a gift of sanctification, sin, ailments, demonic destruction, unapproachable to opposing forces, filled with angelic strength: for all who draw from it and receive from it have souls and bodies for healing harm, for the change of passions, for the remission of sins, for the driving away of all evil, for the sprinkling and consecration of houses and for all similar benefits. And if there is anything in the house, or in the place of those living faithfully, this water will sprinkle this water, so that all uncleanness will be washed away, and it will deliver from all harm; below there, let a destructive spirit settle down; below, let the harmful air flee; There is a hedgehog, either it envies the health of the living, or peace, by sprinkling this water, let it be reflected. For let your most honorable and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, be blessed and glorified, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen."
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Please note
No matter how much you believe in the effect of holy water, you should not neglect modern medicine. Be sure to combine modern methods treatment with holy water. Thus, the effect will not take long to appear.
Useful advice
If you want to be healed with holy water, then it is better to take three sips of it every morning and evening on an empty stomach. Usually holy water should be combined with prosphora, but you can drink it after a special prayer, in which case the effect of holy water will be just as strong.
When you enter new house or to your old one home after renovations have been made there, you often notice that it is not equipped. Of course, the apartment may have all the signs of everyday comfort - electric lighting, heating, but there is a feeling that something is missing. But perhaps there is not enough spiritual warmth. Therefore your home needs sanctification.
Instructions
To consecrate an apartment, it is not enough to invite a priest into it. You should prepare home to this sacrament on your own. If there are icons in the house, place them in a particularly honorable place (“red corner”). The usual place for icons is near a window facing south, on the east side of the room.
Place the cross above the icons or in their top row. Do not place photographs of your loved ones next to the icons and do not decorate the icons with paper or electric garlands. It would be appropriate to place a clean white towel next to the icons.
Prepare the house for consecration in the manner described above, and then place the icon of the Savior or the Virgin Mary in the corner located opposite the door (red corner). Place a lamp under it. Pour blessed water into a new, clean bowl, dip into it right hand and spray the corners of the house, going around them clockwise, starting from the red corner. During the consecration, say: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, by sprinkling the holy water, let every evil demonic action be put to flight, amen.” After this, leave the lamp burning in the room until the evening.
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The Orthodox faith allows us to sanctify everything that is necessary for a person’s life, including his home. Consecration is a church ceremony, after which the grace of God descends on a person, his home and his deeds.
According to the Christian faith, every person, every animal, every country, city, village or house has its own guardian angels. But they are not always able to cope with dark forces. And if a person can ask God for protection in prayer; parishioners of temples pray for the welfare and protection of the state or village, then the dwelling must be sanctified in order to drive out the messengers of evil from it. During the rite of consecration, the clergyman offers prayers to God for the cleansing of the room, sprinkles it with holy water and fumigates it with incense.
IN modern world, where the air, a sacred concept for Orthodox Christianity, is filled with radio and television waves that transmit mass, it is simply necessary to consecrate the home. This is exactly what true adherents of the faith believe. After the ceremony, it is difficult for the evil spirit to resist God’s grace and carry out its dark deeds. And those who do not believe in God noted that after the consecration of their apartment, life improved, adversity and failures receded, contact was established with disobedient and difficult children, and those suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction managed to overcome their craving for them.
How does the consecration of a home take place?
The rite of consecration of a house or apartment takes place according to the so-called special rite. The word “sanctification” itself in this case has a slightly different character, and in the prayers that are read during the ritual, the word “blessing” is more often used.During the beginning of the ceremony, the clergyman reads the so-called initial prayers. At this time, he recommends that home owners ask for God’s blessing for themselves, their loved ones and their home. Then the ninetieth psalm is read, which is considered the most powerful weapon against the devil and his minions.
Then comes the turn of reading the Troparion, illuminating the oil with which the symbol of the Christian faith, a cross, is applied to the walls. And only after this the apartment is sprinkled with holy water and fumigated with incense. All steps of the ritual are accompanied by the reading of prayers, in which the clergyman asks the Lord to send his protectors for the house, for everyone living in it and to protect them from any evil, to send his grace.
Blessing an apartment does not take much time - from 30 minutes to 1 hour. During the ceremony, it is desirable that everyone who lives in it be present, but if someone close to you is not a fan of the faith and is categorically against the consecration of the apartment, you can perform it secretly.
Every Orthodox man wishes to have a consecrated shrine in his home - a holy icon. Icons that can be purchased in churches have already been consecrated. Some people want to purchase holy images not only in churches, but also in some stores. In such cases, if the icon was painted according to the Orthodox canon, the image must be consecrated.
Most often, icons are consecrated in churches. This can be done at any time when a priest is present in the House of God. Usually icons are consecrated after morning services. On holidays and Sundays- after the liturgy or fulfillment of requirements.
In order to consecrate an icon, you need to bring the holy image to the temple and ask the clergyman for consecration. You can also first contact the seller in the church shop, expressing a desire to consecrate the holy image.
Icons can also be consecrated before or after the evening service. Everything depends directly on the priest’s employment.
Some people may ask a priest to consecrate an icon while the clergyman is performing some kind of service at home. In this case, the holy image can be consecrated immediately before or after the service itself.