Tip 1: How to choose a church
Tip 1: How to choose a church
In the ancient Russian Christian tradition of the questionthe choice of the church as such was not: the whole family went to the nearest, the more so the path to it was often not close. Today, the majority of the population lives in cities, and at an equal distance from the house there may be several churches, sometimes even different denominations.
Instructions
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In the choice of religion and religion, rely onsolely on one's own common sense and heart. Analyze the dogmas of religion, correlate them with your worldview. Choose what you think is right.
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Make your choice with a geographical location. The proximity of the church is important if you are going to go there at least once a week. Preferred church at a distance of half an hour's walk from the house.
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If at approximately the same distance from youthere are several churches, find out in honor of which saints and holidays they are built. Learn the history of the days of memory of these people or events, their significance in history, the field of science, art or life, which they patronize. Find the response among these descriptions in the events of your life.
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Visit each of these churches during the service,better on Sunday morning. Pay attention to the behavior of parishioners and priests, interior decoration. You should not have feelings of depression, irritation or other negative emotions. Otherwise, better leave church. Analyze the impression of each service and make a choice based on your own impressions.
Tip 2: How to choose a church for a wedding
Sacrament weddings - the church consecration of the marriage union, which can be obtained after any length of married life. Orthodox church, and most other Christian denominations, refers to the choice of date weddings and the temple for the performance of the sacrament is rather lenient.
Instructions
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In the event that the bride and groom (or spouse,at the wedding some time after the conclusion of a civil marriage) belong to different denominations of Christianity, in most cases any transition of one of the spouses to church another, or obtaining a special permitfrom the ruling bishop. But this permission is issued in very rare cases. The sacrament of marriage provides for the unity of people who repeat the marriage vows before the altar for the priest.
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There is not much difference - whether to marry in a smallparish church or in the cathedral. But modern Orthodoxy hierarchies say that in those cases when the bride and groom are really deeply religious people and visit the temple, then for weddings it is better to choose that church, in which young people are accustomed to constantly go to work.
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It is accepted that future spouses choose to perform the sacrament weddings the temple that the bride used to visit, butthis point is not fundamental. Simply the bride and groom and their relatives should come to a common agreement and not start a family life with squabbles and quarrels.
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In those cases when one of the future spouses does notwas baptized earlier, professes a different religion, different from the numerous denominations of Christianity or denies the existence of divine power in general, then in this case no Christian church will consecrate such a marriage union. We must first come to an agreement between the bride and groom in matters of faith and only after that decide on such an important step, which is the church commission of the sacrament of marriage.
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Choose a specific date weddings must be agreed in advance with the temple, whichwas chosen for this, after all, it is possible to perform the sacrament not every day of the civil calendar year. Church and civil calendars have significant differences explaining the impossibility weddings everyday. Therefore, it is better to agree the date in advance and talk with the clergyman who will perform the rite.
