A church visit is a rite that has its canons - the rules. One of the main purposes of the Church, as the Temple of God, is to provide a person with a place for communication with God, free from everyday fuss. The attributes of the church also contribute to this: icons, wall paintings, paintings from the life of saints. When visiting the Temple, one should adhere to the rules for centuries following from the very meaning of the visit: to repent, ask and thank.
At the entrance to the Temple, turning to face him, they are baptized three times with a bow. The meaning of these actions - a request for forgiveness, help and protection - remember,"
save and save me
". As a rule, when visiting the Temple, the Orthodox perform another rite - light a candle and submit notes for prayer for health and remembrance. Its essence is a request for the health of the living and forgiveness of the departed.
Prayer is an indispensable part of the ceremony of visiting the temple. In prayer, a person communicates with God, turning to him with requests for forgiveness, help and strengthening the soul. It is believed that only in the Church does general prayer sound most sincerely. If you pray in the church, it brings people closer to God. A person prays with his mind and heart and can do it anywhere, God is everywhere, but the Temple is God's house - and therefore participation in church services is considered a charitable act. Prayer has its own rules: first there is an appeal to the saints and their glorification, a listing of their merits, then a request follows and the prayer ends with words of gratitude. Here, as they say, there may be options, but the general semantic content of prayer is just this: appeal, request, gratitude.
The Orthodox Church prescribes to pray twice a day - prayer starts the day and ends it. Prayer in the Temple is performed during worship. The text of the prayer is pronounced by the clergyman, who, in the course of the prayer, addresses the believers, who confirm their agreement with his words by overshadowing themselves with the cross. The singing of the church choir brings the parishioners even closer spiritually. In order to pray meaningfully in the church, it is necessary to understand the essence of prayer - to whom it is rewarded, what is glorified and what the prayer asks God and His saints for.
Upon completion of the visit to the Church, leaving, you should turn to the Temple and bow with a cross three times with a bow at the exit from the Temple as a sign of gratitude for spiritual cleansing and grace received. This is the order and meaning of attending Church and offering prayers.
