Consecration among Orthodox Christians is a rite that the Church introduces into the personal life of a person so that through him a blessing of God will descend upon a person and his life.
Instruction manual
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The consecration of a house, a car, any other thing is evidence of trust in God and the belief that nothing ever happens on earth without His will.
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The Church sanctifies everything necessary for life with prayer and blessing. They sanctify things by triple sprinkling with holy water, with the utterance of a special prayer: This thing is blessed and sanctified (thing) by the sprinkling of water, this sacred, in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Food is sanctified with the same prayer.
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The main preparation for the consecration of things is to recognize the motive and significance of this action. Ask the priest to explain the meaning of the rite to you. Some people believe that the consecration of the machine is necessary so that it does not get into an accident. But in fact, this is not so, sanctifying any thing, you must not forget that you yourself are sanctified, which means you must comply.
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If you decide to sanctify something, you should know some practical details. The crosses are usually consecrated at baptism, or you need to take the cross to the church and there they will tell you what needs to be done next. I consecrate products, especially Easter cakes and Easter for Easter in the church after the service.
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If you invite the priest to consecrate the apartment, it should be clean, in the sense of cleaned. It will be necessary to have a free table on which the priest performs his priesthood. Turn off the TV, loud music.
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Respect the ongoing event, accept the words that the priest will say to you at the consecration as something very important for himself. The car is consecrated near the temple, but remember that you will consecrate not only it, but yourself in it. The church does not engage in magic, that it is impossible to perform any sacred action separately from the person who receives it.
