The feast of baptism is approaching with its famous frosts, healing baths in the ice hole. Each person with trepidation relates to baptismal water and its wonderful properties. So where to get baptismal water, when to do it and how to store it properly?
Instruction manual
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Properties of baptismal water
It’s no secret that long lines lined up for baptismal water in churches. Indeed, on this day, water becomes the most healing and strong. Even medicine does not deny this. People treat diseases, sprinkle their homes with holy water. Small children are washed, and this is saved from the evil eye, nervous disorders. According to scientists, it is January 19 that the physical and chemical properties of water in all reservoirs change. Epiphany water becomes softer than usual, saturated with electrons, and its electromagnetic activity increases. The water collected on this day retains its properties for a long time.
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Where and when to draw baptismal water
It is best to draw baptismal water in the temple. To the power of water there is also added the sacred power of prayer from the rites performed. You can draw water on January 18 after evening lighting with prayer, and all day on January 19. Bathing in the hole or not is everyone decides for himself. A night shower after 00.10 min on January 19 can also be equated to swimming in an ice hole. After all, water becomes miraculous everywhere.
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How to store and use baptismal water
Baptismal holy water is drunk reverently in the morning on an empty stomach. This water should not be given to animals. You can water it with plants. You can not pour this water into the toilet, under your feet, so children are not bathed in it, but only washed and sprinkled. Store water next to the icons in glass or plastic containers. With a reverential attitude, Epiphany water is stored for a long time without losing its properties.
