Tip 1: Why do we need temples?

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Tip 1: Why do we need temples?

The temple is a sacred building, which is built for worship and for performing religious rites, for example, baptism, weddings. Some people do not understand: why are they needed? temples, because God is in their souls. Mikhail Zadornov also said that he does not need any intermediaries to communicate with the Almighty. But temples are needed by mankind. Why?

Yes, of course, every believer canany minute to turn to God, without resorting to the help of the temple and the clergy. But still the temple is the place where the Sacraments are performed. For example, there are baptisms. If there was no temple, people could not pass through one of the seven Sacraments. Some people come to this sacred place to share their experiences, get advice. The person is purified, it becomes easy on the soul. What is the Sacrament? This is the hand that is stretched to us with God's Gifts. Tasting them, we give God the nature that he purifies, brings there Divinity. A person at a psychological level feels more comfortable, quiet. To visit a temple a person is not obliged, he goes there when "the soul asks". This is a sacred place in which people seek peace, forgiveness, understanding. Having come there, a person can be sure that they will listen to him, extend a helping hand and never insult. There you can hide from a cruel world - crime, violence, deception. Having come to the temple, a person can fulfill certain commandments of the Most High. For example, she implies the prohibition of atheism. A man must worship God, study faith and think about the wonders of creation. It is for this that there is a temple. That is, if there was no such sacred place, people, perhaps, would not be so religious, faith in God would have gone to "no"; a person would become an atheist, perform forbidden and sinful deeds. To understand what a temple is for, you can recall a vehicle like an airplane. He after all is not the meaning of human life, but is able to deliver us to the goal in a fairly short time. So the temple: it is not a meaning, but it is through it that we can know the commandments of the Creator. Yes, certainly, its presence does not improve life in itself, but it enriches it spiritually.

Tip 2: Why do I need to order forty shrines in the temple

Very often people come to the Orthodox church notonly in order to participate in the worship, but also to order certain prayer commemorations of their loved ones. Sorokoust is one of the most popular types of church commemoration of people.

Why do I have to order the forty-acoust in the temple

In everyday life, you often hearadvice that for family well-being, help in illness, with wires in the last way, it is necessary to order a forty-hour in an Orthodox church. However, not everyone understands what it is. The word itself is already capable of provoking a question. In fact, everything is very simple. Sorocaust refers to the church commemoration of people on the proskomedia (before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy). You can order sorokoust for both the living and the memory of the deceased.

Its name is taken from church prayerThe fact that the commemoration of people can continue for forty divine liturgies. In addition, sorokoust can be ordered for six months, a year, and in some monasteries and for eternal remembrance.

Very much in demand is the sorokoust of the dead. Besides the funeral service and requiem for a deceased person, another prayer of the Church for them is especially useful. It is in sorokouste cleric repeatedly remembers the name of the deceased and asks God for the remission of sins to the latter.

The Orthodox Church announces to people and thatliving people in need of various assistance, this commemoration will also be useful. In severe illnesses, family troubles and other needs, the Church's prayer for man becomes even more important.

It turns out that ordering sorokoust necessaryfor the priests to perform commemoration of people for a long time. This is the connection between the Church of the earth and heaven.

Council 3: How robbed the temples in St. Petersburg

On the night of August 28, 2012, on the eve ofOrthodox feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, the temple on Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg was robbed. This is not the first theft that occurred in the temples of the city this year.

The Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr, wherethere was a robbery, located between the Cadet line and the Tuchkov lane. Surveillance cameras on the territory were not installed, and the watchman heard nothing during the incident. According to police officers, thieves quietly climbed over the fence and crept to the wing of the abbot, who was away from the lodge. Intruders entered the temple through the window. The thieves broke the ark, where the relics of the saints were kept. The relics of Alexander Nevsky, Nicholas the Wonderworker, the holy martyr John of the Archbishop of Riga, the Monk Anthony of Dyma, the faithful princes Peter and Fevronia and other saints were stolen. The robbers stole five silver crosses, a sacrament cup, gold jewelry and two books of the Gospel. The cost of stolen church utensils experts estimate about 350 thousand rubles. The stolen objects are of high spiritual value for Orthodox Christians. On the fact of the robbery a criminal case was instituted under the article "Theft committed in a large amount" (Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for punishment of up to 6 years of imprisonment). On March 5, 2012, two citizens of Uzbekistan knocked out the window of St. John the Theologian on Mechnikov Avenue (Kalininsky district) and carried out a pectoral cross, a tabernacle, several censers, candlesticks and lamps. The police managed to detain the kidnappers. In May 2012, from the church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Tosno (Leningrad region), icons of the 18th-19th century were stolen: the Holy Trinity, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Kazan Mother of God, and the icon of the Resurrection. The criminal climbed into the window, cutting the metal bars of the lattice. On the fact of theft a criminal case was opened.