In recent decades, the number of people attending church has increased. Someone calls it a fashion for religion, someone calls the revival of Orthodoxy in Russia. Perhaps someone is really trying to follow fashion, but for most people, coming to faith was a serious decision.
A person who comes to the Christian faith in adulthood inevitably experiences some difficulties. After all, no one taught him church life in childhood, and the answers to many questions have to be sought independently. One of these issues is the frequency of temple visits.
Ideals and extremes
If you look at the schedule of worship of any church, it is easy to see that any services are held in the church almost every day - in the morning, afternoon, evening. An ideal option for a Christian would certainly be to attend all of these services.
But ideals are extremely rarely attainable in reality. Absolutely all services can be attended by either a monk who has completely devoted his life to serving God and has no other duties, or a lonely pensioner who no longer needs to study, work, or even nurse children or grandchildren. However, elderly people often have a different stumbling block - a state of health.
No one is required of a layman to attend all divine services without fail. But there is another extreme: a person goes to church only on Easter, the Nativity of Christ, perhaps for another two or three major holidays, and his church life is limited to this.
It is appropriate to recall here that the relationship between God and a person who believes in him must be built on love. Does a loving person agree to meet a beloved woman or no less beloved friend twice a year? No, he will look for meetings as often as possible! If a person does not seek meetings with God, which take place in the temple, it is difficult to call him a Christian.
