and for whom it is not a secret that thoughts and feelings do not disappear and do not scatter in space. They tend to accumulate. Often, our house becomes like a trash heap, so much energy dirt has lingered in it for a certain time. Scandals, experiences, illnesses and other sad events leave their invisible mark, "cluttering up" the living space.

And after home everything goes wrong, luck leaves the home, and the family is more and more annoyed, they do not want to coexist calmly and joyfully. No, they certainly love and pity each other. Only irritation more and more often breaks out through quarrels, resentments and other troubles. What to do? - you ask.

You don’t need to invent anything special. All have long been invented and bequeathed to us by many generations of ancestors. It is necessary to sanctify the living space, fill it with the goodness of faith, the holiness of true spirituality. For the first time, it is advisable to invite Father. And only then, if necessary, you can independently consecrate a house or apartment, for example, with Epiphany water.

How to consecrate a house for the first time with Father?

It is necessary to go to the Temple, to communicate with a spiritual mentor. It is not entirely correct to come and "order" the ceremony. Such an approach to the consecration of a dwelling will not bring much sense. Father must know why you came to the conclusion that you need his help. A slow, detailed conversation is necessary, after which you together come to the conclusion that the consecration of the house is necessary.

Only then can we agree on his visit. It's not worth dragging Batyushka into the house right away. The room needs to be prepared. Cleaning is required, order. Yes, and you need to consult with your family in advance. After all the preparations, invite the priest and carefully watch what he will do. Then you can repeat it yourself.

Self-lighting at home

Having brought holy water from the Temple (you can use it), you need to prepare the house. It should be cleaned, nothing extra should be left on tables and other furniture. Then you need to collect water with a handful or a special brush to spray the walls and corners. Movements are made crosswise. At the same time, prayers are read. "The Grace of the Holy Spirit" and "Our Father".

It is important to remember that sprinkling with holy water is not the most important thing. Without pure thoughts, the ritual of lighting the house has little power. It does not achieve the goal. And its main meaning is to help create an atmosphere of calmness and spirituality in the house. The clergy say that this is done not by mechanical repetition of the rite, but by pure thoughts and holy prayer.

It is also important that all family members express their attitude to this event. If there are opponents, then they cannot be indoors. It is necessary for them to be invited to leave home for a while. In order for the energy of the ritual to work and gain a foothold on the wall, you need to hang Icons. In any case, the clergy advise that at least one hang - "Theotokos".

Another very effective ritual for blessing a house is blessing by fire.

Take a church candle in your right hand and walk clockwise through each room, continuously reading Our Father. You will see that in the corners - where the most accumulates negative energy the candle will burn harder, and even crackle. This is a sign that the negativity is being burnt and the space of the house remains clean.

What to do after the consecration of a house or apartment?

After lighting your home, it’s best to pray together. Even if this is not accepted in your family. Take the trouble to read one prayer out loud for everyone. It could be Our Father. You don't use lighting as cleaning. It is the purification of your spirituality common house... The procedure requires the efforts of everyone living in it.

The program is the maximum, at the same time, to convey to all households the value of good and harmonious relationships, the importance of their constant maintenance. Otherwise, after some time, a series of quarrels and scandals will again frequent your nest, inviting illnesses and other troubles along the way.

The lighting of the apartment itself can be repeated as often as you like. This ritual even removes. If the children like it, then do not deny them this "game". Along the way, talk about how important it is to love and respect each other.

Complete collection and description: prayer for sprinkling the home with Epiphany water for the spiritual life of a believer.

If you are going to sprinkle your home, then before that you need to clean up the house, wash all the floors, wipe off the dust, remove all unnecessary items. How to properly sprinkle with holy water? There should be no clutter in the rooms. Do not draw the curtains over the windows - the more light in the house, the better. It is preferable to sprinkle the dwelling on Sunday. Only cleaning on Sunday is not worth doing. It would be nice to go to church that day and take a blessing from a priest. You can sprinkle without a blessing; just blessing and prayer will cleanse your soul and everything will go right.

So, how to properly sprinkle holy water? Wash your hands, pour some holy water into a clean bowl. Never take a bowl that has been touched by animals! Better yet, buy a new bowl and use it only for holy water. Before sprinkling the house, you need to read a prayer for the blessing of the deed.

Prayer for the blessing of the deed

To the Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfill everything, Treasure of the good and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save our souls, Beloved. God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and forever and ever. Amen. To the Creator and Creator of all, O God, the works of our hands, beginning to Your glory, hastily correct them with Your blessing, and deliver us from all evil, for there is only one omnipotent and Man-lover. Swift to intercession and strong to help, present yourself with the grace of Thy power now, and blessing, strengthen, and in the accomplishment of the intention of the good deed of Thy servants, do it: all the great things you want, like a Strong God, you can do. Amen.

You need to start sprinkling from the red corner. The red corner is the corner in the central room, located diagonally from the entrance. There must be an iconostasis, or at least one icon. Stand in front of this corner, scoop right hand some holy water and crosswise spray the corner with the words: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

Walk around the room clockwise and sprinkle all corners, walls, floor and ceiling in the same way. Try not to step on drops of water that have fallen on the floor: the shrine should not be trampled. It would be best if you take off your shoes and remain barefoot. After sprinkling the room, read the prayer to the Life-giving Cross.

Prayer to the Life-giving Cross

May God be resurrected, and scattered around him, and may all who hate Him flee from His presence. Yako smoke disappears, yes disappear; as if the wax melts from the face of the fire, so let the demons perish from the face of those who love God and are marked by the sign of the cross, and in joy say: Rejoice, Most Honorable and Life-giving Cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by the power of the drunken Lord Jesus Christ on you, who descended into hell and corrected the power the devil, and who gave us His Honest Cross to drive out every adversary. O Most Honorable and Life-giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady the Virgin Mary and with all the saints forever. Amen.

Sprinkle every other room, kitchen, and hallway in the same way. In the bathroom, spray only the corners. You cannot sprinkle the toilet with holy water. After sprinkling the entire apartment, read the prayer to the Holy Martyr Blasius, Bishop of Sebastia.

Prayer to Hieromartyr Blasius, Bishop of Sebastia

Thou art adorned with the anointing and torment of blood, glorious Vlasie, shine everywhere, rejoicing in the Highest, and calling us to your temple and in it you are constantly calling: observe us all. Blessed and ever-memorable to the holy martyr Blasie, wondrous suffering and our warm representative, after your departure into eternal life, calling upon your holy name to help and promising to be heard in all petitions! Behold, now to you a saint of God, as if to a true intercessor of salvation, we flow and humbly pray: come to help us, bound by the bonds of sins, move towards your all-powerful prayer to God and pray for us, sinners: for you, unworthy, call for intercession we dare, and we wish you to receive freedom from all our sins. O holy saint of God Blasie! In contrition and humility of our heart, we fall before you and pray: shine on us, darkened by the enemy's slander, with the light of grace from above, but walking in it, we will not stumble against the stone of our feet. Ty, as a vessel in honor chosen and filled with the grace of God, we pray: grant us, sinners, from the fulfillment of your desired acceptance, and heal our mental and bodily ulcers, but with our sin forgiveness and our mental and bodily health, ask the Lord for salvation useful from the Lord, yes we always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your gracious intercession about our souls and bodies, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

How to properly sprinkle a dwelling with Epiphany water?

What Orthodox website has information about Epiphany water?

I remember from my childhood frosty Epiphany evenings. Mom brought consecrated water from the church, opened the can, poured it into a cup, drank it herself and gave it to all of us. Then she went around all the rooms, sprinkling them with Epiphany water. Whether she did it correctly - I don't know.

We certainly did not have a sprinkling set, I don’t think that someone had it in those years. Water was poured into a clean deep dish. Instead of sprinkling, dry fragrant herbs (mint and others) were used, consecrated in the church on Trinity Saturday or on Maccovey. Or willow twigs brought from the church to Palm Sunday... As a last resort, my mother said (and her mother said to her), if there is nothing suitable, you can take a few twigs from a broom. Yes, an ordinary broom, only those that are shorter, they do not reach the floor during cleaning and do not come into contact with garbage.

All rooms are traversed counterclockwise. Moving in the opposite direction is "not in hand", as my mother liked to say. By the way, in the church they also hold at the consecration of water, Easter, honey. We sprinkle holy water on all corners of the rooms, as well as over windows and doors. We draw a cross three times, moistened with grass in Epiphany water. Each time we say: "In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen." This has been done in our family since time immemorial. The godmother, as far as I know, sprinkled the house as well. Once I heard the phrase: what prayer you know, read that one.

There are a great many Orthodox sites on the Internet, and each has information about the Epiphany water, which is not surprising. You can look at this site or on this and more here

Not only Orthodox sites report on the features and use of Epiphany water. Once I read that sprinkling an apartment can be done by sprinkling holy water from a spray bottle, or even scooping it up with your hand. Is it correct? I'm not to judge.

On January 19, after the service, they bless the water brought by themselves and give a blessing for health. Epiphany water, consecrated in the church, gives protection to the house from troubles, protects from the evil eye. According to the church charter, sprinkling of Epiphany water with a hand or a brush is carried out after Epiphany Christmas Eve with a prayer.

Epiphany water does not deteriorate throughout the year. If problems begin in the house, you can sprinkle the dwelling with Epiphany water again. Then another prayer is recited. But it is correct to carry out the ceremony once. To enhance the ceremony, an icon is placed in the house and stickers with a cross are used. Before the ceremony, the family needs to be cleansed. Prepare the apartment, confess with the priest

According to the Orthodox tradition, the dwelling is sprinkled on Epiphany Eve when singing or reading the troparion of the feast of the Epiphany:

All rooms are sprinkled with Epiphany water. At the same time, it is convenient to use a sprinkling set (sold in church shops).

Prayer when sprinkling holy and baptismal water at home

In the Jordan baptizing you, Lord,

Trinity worship:

A parental voice testifies to you,

Calling your beloved Son,

And the Spirit in the form of a dove

You will know the statement in the word.

Appear, Christ God,

And the world of enlightenment, glory to Thee.

But at other times it is useful to sprinkle holy water on your home. When sprinkled it reads next prayer honest cross:

May God rise again, and scatter Him, and let him that hates Him flee from His presence. Yako smoke disappears, yes disappear; as if wax melts from the face of fire, so may demons perish from the face of those who love God and are marked by the sign of the cross, and in joy say: Rejoice, most honorable and life-giving of the Cross of the Lord, drive away demons by the power of the prophesied Lord Jesus Christ on you, who descended into hell and corrected the power to the devil, and who gave us to you His honest Cross to drive out every adversary. O most honorable and life-giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady the Virgin Mary and with all the saints forever. Amen.

Sprinkling with holy water for protection

Sprinkle with holy water for protection.

“In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

The Lord speaks: Thou art my Protector and my Refuge, my God, and I trust in Him.

Yako Toy will save thee from the hunter's net, and rebellious from the word.

His splash will overshadow thee, and under His krill you hope: His truth will go round you with a weapon.

Do not be afraid of the fear of the night, of the flying arrow in days,

From the thing in the darkness of the transitory, from the waste, and the demon of the midday.

Thousands of your country will fall, and tma at your right hand will not come close to you,

Look at your eyes, and see the reward of sinners.

As Thou, Lord, my hope, the Most High, Thou hast laid thy refuge.

Evil will not come to you, and the wound will not approach your body,

Like His Angel the commandment about you, keep you in all your ways.

They will take thee in their arms, but not when they knock your foot on a stone,

Step on the asp and the basilisk, and cross the lion and the serpent.

For I will trust in Me, and I will deliver and: I will cover it, as my name is known.

He will call upon me, and I will answer him: I am with him in trouble, I will scourge him, and I will glorify him.

By the length of days I will fulfill him, and I will show him my salvation.

I sing and understand in a blameless way; when will you come to me?

Passing in the gentleness of my heart in the midst of my house.

Do not offer before my eyes a criminal thing; hating the crime.

Do not put an obstinate heart on me; he who deviates from me is not cognizant of the evil one.

The slanderous secret of his sincere one, this one is banished; with a proud eye and an unfulfilled heart, with this not poison.

My eyes are on the faithful land, I will plant with me; walk the path of blamelessness, this servant.

Do not dwell in the midst of my house, create pride; speak unrighteous, do not correct before mine.

In the utria, they beat up all the sinful earth, and consume from the city of the Lord all that do iniquity.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and forever and forever and ever. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. Bless.

“In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. "

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord have mercy. (Three times). Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

This thing is blessed and sanctified (at the same time we call the thing) by sprinkling this sacred water in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Consecration of an apartment or house - why are we doing this?

Why is the consecration of the house and apartment performed? How to do it correctly? Can you sanctify yourself? Answers to questions about the rite of consecration of the dwelling.

Consecration of the dwelling

If a given thing is not used sinfully, it can be sanctified, but if it is sinful, then it is not necessary.

O. Valentin Mordasov

Church rites

The Slavic word “rite” itself means “dress”, “clothing” (you can recall, for example, the verb “to dress”). Beauty, solemnity, variety of church rituals attract many people. But the Orthodox Church, in the words of St. John of Kronstadt, does not occupy anyone and does not engage in idle spectacles. Visible actions have invisible, but completely real and effective content. The Church believes (and this belief is confirmed by two thousand years of experience) that all the rituals performed by her have a certain sanctifying, that is, beneficial, renewing and strengthening effect on a person. This is the act of God's grace.

All ceremonies are conventionally divided into three types:

1. Liturgical ceremonies - sacred rites performed during church services: anointing with oil, the great consecration of water, carrying the holy shroud into Good friday etc. These rites are part of the temple, liturgical life of the Church.

2. Symbolic ceremonies express various religious ideas of the Church. These, for example, include the sign of the cross, which we repeatedly perform in remembrance of the sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, and which at the same time is a real protection of a person from the influence of evil demonic forces and temptations on him.

3. Rituals sanctifying the everyday needs of Christians: commemoration of the dead, consecration of dwellings, food, things and various good undertakings: study, fasting, travel, construction, and the like.

What should be our participation in church rituals

To ritual forms, their sacred meaning is imparted by prayer. Only through prayer does an action become a sacred act, and a number of external processes become a rite. Not only the priest, but also each of those present must contribute to the performance of the ceremony - his faith and his prayer.

God gives grace, help, various gifts, gives only by His mercy. But “just as the source does not forbid those who wish to draw, so the treasure of grace does not forbid any of the people to be a partaker” (the Monk Ephraim of Syria). We cannot, with the help of some magical actions, “compel” God to send down what we need, but we can ask Him in faith. The Holy Scripture says about the necessity of faith for prayer: “Let him ask in faith, without doubting in the least, because the doubting one is like a wave of the sea, lifted and tossed by the wind. Let such a person not think to receive anything from the Lord ”(James 1: 6-7). When we pray to the Lord, we need to believe that the Lord is almighty, that He can create or give what we ask for. Believe that He loves us, that He is merciful and good, that is, He wishes everyone the best. It is with this faith that we must pray, that is, turn our mind and heart to God. And then, if during the performance of the ceremony we will not only stand next to the priest, but also pray heartily with faith, then we will be honored to receive sanctifying grace from the Lord.

What is the meaning of sanctification

Orthodox Christians call consecration rituals that are introduced by the Church into the temple and personal life of a person, so that through these rituals, God's blessing descends on his life, on all his activities and all those around his life. The basis of various church prayers is the desire to spiritualize human activity, to perform it with God's help and with His blessing. We ask the Lord to direct our affairs in such a way that they are pleasing to Him and benefit our neighbors, the Church, the Fatherland and ourselves; bless our relationships with people so that peace and love dominate in them, etc. And therefore we ask that our house, things that belong to us, vegetables grown in our garden, water from the well through the blessing of God that descended on them help us in this, protect, strengthen our strength. The consecration of a house, apartment, car or any other thing is evidence, first of all, of our trust in God, our belief that nothing happens to us without His holy will.

The Church sanctifies everything necessary for human life with prayer and blessing. The Church sanctifies all nature and all the elements: water, air, fire and earth.

Why are rites of consecration necessary

The life, health and well-being of people largely depend on the state of their natural and spiritual environment. The consequences of environmental disasters associated with the infection and destruction of the surrounding nature, destructive for people, have not only visible, external, physical causes, but also invisible, spiritual causes. Among the spiritual reasons underlying all natural phenomena, as well as social and state phenomena, such as revolutions, wars and various kinds of global restructuring, the Holy Church singles out primarily the religiosity of the life of the people. What is the degree of religiosity, what are the morality and behavior of people, such are the state of visible nature, and the course of history. People sin, move away from God, perverting their moral order, and as a result, it deteriorates in the world as well. This happened for the first time after the fall of our first parents, Adam and Eve, who violated the only commandment of God given to them. Man sinned, and as a result, the whole world created by God for man changed: destruction, disease, sorrow, decay, death entered the world. The Lord spoke to Adam and Eve after the fall: “He said to his wife: multiplying I will multiply your sorrow ... And he said to Adam: ... cursed is the earth for you; in sorrow you will eat of it all the days of your life ”(Genesis 3: 16-17).

Righteous John of Kronstadt writes that the rites of consecration "are caused by the extreme need of nature itself or the nature of the elements and the need of the people themselves, who live in airspace and have an incessant need for water," in fire and in the earth. “All nature, all elements are incessantly defiled and corrupted by human sins and by dark and crafty spirits that live in the air and generate in it all sorts of pernicious influences and diseases. There is an urgent need for the church's sanctification and healing of these elements ”.

Why is it so important to consecrate homes today?

According to the teachings of the Holy Fathers of the Church, the unclean spirit, the devil, the prince of darkness and hell, the spirit of malice, the enemy of the human race, dominates the air until the second coming of Christ. The Slavic word air has several meanings. This is the atmosphere of the earth in which we physically exist; it is also the air, which is now more crowded than ever with radio waves, television signals, cellular and radio communications; this, finally, is what modern pagans and Jews call the astral - the area of ​​spiritual visions and contacts, in which the devil with legions of unclean spirits dwells and rules like nowhere else.

Television, press and radio broadcasting, anti-Christian in spirit, corrupting the Russian people today worse than any wine and vodka, have become the main sources of spiritual food for the Russian people. Today, almost every house has a “blue icon” of the devil in the red corner - a TV, in front of which the population of Russia spends hours on end, as if in a narcotic sleep, hypnotized and programmed for self-destruction and extinction.

Through the ether and astral, our houses, apartments, cars were filled with countless legions of demons: the spirits of aggression, anger, revenge, shameless passion. People are no longer able to understand how their family and life well-being is destroyed with the help of thoroughly developed technologies of destruction. traditional system values, ethics, morality. Few people today are able to associate disobedience of children, their addiction to alcohol and drugs, endless divorces of young and old married couples with the presence of a real enemy in their house - a TV, a radio, a tabloid newspaper, skillfully eroding the morality of society and family with the poison of vulgarity and debauchery, and through the implanted cult of pleasure they attract more and more souls to destruction.

Therefore, today the grace of God, given through the rites of consecration, in particular through the consecration of our homes, is especially necessary for us to help us protect, consciously protect ourselves from the viruses of sinful temptation and spiritual decay that penetrate our homes.

Will the sanctification of the house save us by itself?

Saint Theophan the Recluse writes: “All grace that comes from God through the holy cross, holy icons, holy water, relics, consecrated bread ('artos, antid'or, prosphora) and others, including the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ, has power only for those who are worthy of this grace through penitential prayers, repentance, humility, service to people, deeds of mercy and the manifestation of other Christian virtues. But if they are not there, then this grace will not save, it does not act automatically, like a talisman, and is useless for wicked and imaginary Christians (without virtues) ”.

The same can be said about the consecration of the dwelling. A house dominated by an empty, idle passing of time is like a house with glowing windows during a night raid by enemy aircraft. Modern television, press and radio broadcasting in a completely devilish way, under the guise of entertainment and pleasure, alienate us from our heavenly Father, from the One in whose hand all our earthly life and the life of the century to come. Therefore, no consecration will make sense and will not have a beneficial effect on our life if demons from television and radio broadcasting, in particular, reign supreme in the air of our apartments and houses. In the moments of the misfortune that befell us, in order to appease the district judge and prosecutor, on whom our fate or the fate of our loved ones who have violated the criminal law depends, we are ready to sacrifice our last money and many others, and in breaking the law of God, do we really think that if we will continue to irritate the Lord with our unbelief and amusements with demons, will He be merciful to us? No. The debauchery and blasphemer, by his departure from God and from His commandments, commits the most terrible judgment on himself - he remains without God alone with the devil and his servants, who only need his soul, or rather, its fall and destruction.

Let us remember that the sanctification of a house is both its protection from all calamities, and a blessing for good deeds and for the protection of our home from everything evil, contrary to God; a blessing that we do not leave God and try to direct our life not according to the laws that the enemy of the human race introduces into human life, but according to the Law of God.

Rite of consecration of a new house

The whole world created by God lives and moves according to the Law of God. Therefore, without the blessing and help of God, nothing really valuable, important, good, useful can be done. The Savior Himself said in the Gospel: “Without Me you can do nothing” (John 15: 5). And the prophet David says: “If the Lord does not build the house, they labor in vain that build it; if the Lord does not guard the city, the watchman watches in vain ”(Psalm 126: 1).

Our ancestors knew about this. “Without God - not to the threshold,” says a Russian proverb. They often prayed to God, invoking a blessing for every undertaking. Therefore, the dwellings of Christians from ancient times were consecrated with prayers and sacred rites.

The Orthodox Church consecrates new houses following the example of the consecration of the temples of God. Even at the beginning of the construction of the house, a cross is laid in its foundation, holy icons are installed in the house itself as signs (signs) of the grace-filled stay of the Lord and the saints in a Christian dwelling. In the home of a Christian, the Church permits all types of her divine services to be performed, with the exception of the Divine Liturgy and the sacrament of the priesthood. It does not forbid bringing into every Christian home, in certain cases, the most holy and all-sanctifying Body and life-giving Blood of Christ.

How to sanctify the walls of a house with holy water?

For the blessing and consecration of the Christian home and hearth, there have been special prayer rites since ancient times. At the beginning of the construction of the house, a small consecration of water is performed and the prayers “on the foundation of the house” are read, contained in the Book of Books. The Trebnik also contains the rite of consecration of the new house. At the consecration of the house, the prayers "for chr'amin, cold from evil spirits" and the prayer "over the cave" can be added to this rite. The first prayer, as the name implies, is of an incantatory nature; it is used in the consecration of those houses “that endure the intrigues and misfortunes of evil spirits” (New Tablet). The second prayer is read for the consecration of the hearth - the most important part of the Christian dwelling, associated with the preparation of the meal.

Before the consecration of a new house, a small consecration of water is performed, or the priest comes into the house, bringing with him holy water. In the house, a table is supplied in advance, covered with a clean tablecloth, a vessel with holy water, a small vessel with ordinary, unsanctified oil (vegetable oil) is placed on it, the Gospel, a cross and candles are lit in candlesticks.

On each of the four walls a cross is depicted in advance - to commemorate the cover and solid fence, deliverance and preservation by the power of the cross from all evil and misfortune, from enemies visible and invisible.

After the exclamation "Blessed be our God ..." and the usual initial prayers, the 90th psalm is read "Alive in the help of the Most High ...", in which the Church encourages future residents, saying that they will live in their new home under the roof of heavenly God and that under the shadow of the Almighty they will fear neither the horrors in the night, nor the arrows that fly during the day. “No evil will befall you, and the plague will not come near your dwelling,” the prophet exclaims (Psalm 90, 10).

Then the troparion (a short church hymn) is sung, which says that once the Savior, having entered the house of Zach’e, granted salvation to him and all his household. So it is now, together with the ministers of Christ in new house the Angels of God enter. The Church asks the Lord to bring peace to this house and graciously bless it, saving and enlightening everyone who is going to live in it.

Turning to the east, the priest says: “Let us pray to the Lord,” “Lord, have mercy,” they answer him, and he reads a prayer similar in content to the troparion sung before this. He prays to the Savior, who has deigned to enter the house of Zacchaeus and granted salvation to his entire house, to bless the newly built dwelling and save those who will live in it from all evil, abundantly giving them all the blessings of the Lord for their benefit.

In the next secret prayer (that is, a prayer read not aloud, but silently), the priest asks the Lord to grant salvation to the house, as he brought it to the house of Zacchaeus, to bless this house, as he once blessed the house of Laban with coming to him Jacob, the house of Pentephr'iy - by the arrival of Joseph, Avedd'ar - brought into his house of the ark. (These events are narrated in the Bible, in the book of Genesis, ch. 30, verses 25-30; ch. 39, verses 1-5 and in the 2nd book of Kings, ch. 6, verses 10-12.) He prays to the Savior to send down the blessing to the future inhabitants of the new house from the height of His dwelling, to protect them with the fear of God, to protect “from those who resist” and to multiply “all that is good in this house”. At the end of the prayer, the priest proclaims: "Yours is, hedgehog and rescue, our God, and we glorify Thee, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever and ever." Those present answer: "Amen."

At this place of the rite, the prayer "over the church" can be added to it. In it, the priest calls for help for protection hearth from enemies visible and invisible - Angels, guardians of Christians, and all the saints of God, including the holy martyr Cyprian, who was once served by demons in the art of magic wiles and who, having believed in Christ, began to rebel against them and defeat them (New Tablet).

Then the priest three times overshadows the oil in the name of the Holy Trinity and reads a prayer over oil, in which he asks God to send down the Holy Spirit on the oil and sanctify him so that he would be in the sanctification of this place and the house built on this place to drive out “all resisting forces and satanic libel ”.

After reading the prayer, the priest sprinkles holy water on the whole house (sprinkles every room from all four sides), praying: "By sprinkling this sacred water into flight, let all the evil demonic act take place." Then he anoints the 4 main walls of the house (in those places where the cross was previously inscribed) with holy oil in a cruciform manner, saying: "This house is blessed with the anointing of this holy oil, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen."

Candles are lit in front of each cross inscribed on the walls, giving honor to the honest life-giving Cross of the Lord, “which is a shield, a weapon against the devil and a sign of victory over him, ... a seal, so that the“ destroying angel ”does not touch us (Ex. 12 , 23) and ... the tree of eternal life (Exposition. Orthodoxy. Faith, 1844, p. 243).

The stichera sung by the choir contains a prayer to the Lord to bless this house, to fulfill its earthly blessings and to save its future inhabitants “from all evil of the situation” and to grant them an abundance of heavenly and earthly blessings.

Then the priest reads the Gospel (Luke 19: 1-10), which tells about the Savior's visit to the house of the publican (tax collector) Zacchaeus, who, although he was a sinful man, so badly wanted to see the Lord that he climbed a tree ... In response to the murmurings of those who said that Jesus had entered the house of a sinful man, Christ said about Zacchaeus and about his house: “Now salvation has come to this house, because he is also the son of Abraham; for the Son of Man came to seek and save that which was lost. " The Church offers this passage from the Gospel to the inhabitants of a new Christian home, joyfully proclaiming that now salvation has come to their home and that the Lord always comes to the house of the one who longs to see Him.

Then Psalm 100 is read, which contains instructions on how to behave in a new home. As he contemplated the immaculate path, King David said: “I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house” (Psalm 100: 2).

After the reading of the psalm, the litany is recited. In it, in addition to the usual petitions, there are also petitions for a blessing at home. All those present pray to the Lord of our life to send a Guardian Angel, a guardian of the new house, preserving all those who “want to live in it piously,” from all evil and instructing them to do virtues, to fulfill the commandments of Christ. They also ask that the Lord save all of them from hunger, all deadly wounds and grant them health and longevity.

Sprinkling holy water at home

According to church tradition, all Orthodox Christians on Epiphany Eve after the great blessing of water sprinkle baptismal water on their homes when singing or reading the troparion of the holiday:

In the Jordan, baptizing You, Lord, / There is a trioic adoration: / Rod'itel's voice testifies to You, / calling Your beloved Son, / and the Spirit in the form of a dove / you know your word. / Yavl 'her, Christ God, / and the world of enlightenment, glory to Thee.

But at other times it is useful to sprinkle holy water on your home. When sprinkling, the following prayer is read to the honest cross:

May God rise, and be scattered against Him, and may those who hate Him flee from His presence. Yako smoke disappears, yes disappear; as if the wax melts from the face of the fire, so that the gods perish from the face of those who love God and who are rewarded with divine knowledge, and in the joy of those who say: Rejoice, honorable and life-giving Christ of the Lord, drive away demons by the power of the impregnated Lord Jesus Christ on you, who descended into hell and corrected the power of the devil, and gave us his honest Cross to drive out every adversary. O honorable and life-giving Christ of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady the Virgin Mary and with all the saints forever. Amen.

1 Alive in the help of the Vyshnyago, in the blood of God, the heavens will be settled. 2 Speech of G'ospodevi: my beggar and refuge are moe, my God, and I trust in Neg'o. 3 Yako Toy will get rid of thee from the s'eti l'ovchi, and from the word 'mint'ezhna, 4 the splash of His'im will overshadow thee, and under the krill' Yeh'o hope, oh ' We will get by with the truth of His. 5 Do not worry about the night traffic, from the arrows flying in days, 6 from the thing, in the transitory darkness, from the middle and the half-denied. 7 Thou shalt fall from the land of thy thine, and darkness is at thy right hand, but it doesn’t come close to you. Yang g'eshniks' behold. 9 Yako Thou, Lord, my hope; Vyshnyago put you and your refuge. 10 Evil will not come to you, and r'ana will not come close to your body and yours, 11 'as with His Angel the command to keep you in all your ways 'them. 12 On your hands you will scold you, but not when you stumble about yours; 13 on ‘the asp and basil’ nest’s, and cross the lion and the serpent. 14 Yako on My trust’s, and I’ll give ‘and; cover ‘and‘ like knowing ’‘ Moe’s name. 15 He will call upon me, and I will hear him, seven in sk'orbi with him, I will be with him and I will glorify him for 16 days, I will fulfill him and manifest I’m saving Mo’e.

The Divine Spirit through the mouth of the Godfather David reveals in this psalm the greatness of God's works. The prophet shows what an abundance of benefits lies in trusting in God. Those guided by Christ conquer invisible enemies, rulers and powers, the rulers of the darkness of this age, the spirits of evil in high places (see Eph. 6, 12), and the most hated Satan (Chrysostom, Athanasius, Theodorite).

1. Alive in the help of Vyshnyago, in the blood of God, the heavens will be settled.

The prophetic spirit blesses the person for whom the help and aid is Christ Himself. Do you see what boldness the one who obeys His commandments has towards the Almighty? (Athanasius, Hesychius).

2. Speech of G'ospodevi: my beggar and refuge are moe, my God, and I trust in Neg'o.

3. Yako Toy will exclude thee from s'eti l'ovchi, and from the word myat'ezhna,

From here, David turns his speech to the one who believes and encourages him: God will deliver you from the snare of the hunter (secret wiles of the resistance forces) and from the words of rebellious (offensive) (Theodorite, Athanasius).

Krilami calls the action of the Providence of God, using the likeness of birds that cover chicks with their wings. His Truth is Christ God, the weapon is the Cross of Christ. As chicks under the wing of a k'okosh (brood hen), so the whole world under the wing of the Lord, He warms everyone and everything - some spiritually, others with material warmth. And as the kokosh hears the squeak and sighs of the chicks underneath, so the Lord hears secret sighs, our prayers, sees all our needs (Chrysostom, Theodorite, John of Kronstadt).

5. Do not worry about the traffic of the night, from the arrows flying in the days,

An arrow called some kind of unclean force, “the angel of death” (Athanasius).

6. from the thing, in the darkness of the transitory, from the middle and the half-denied.

A thing that passes in darkness is every malice that manifests itself where it is not expected; and the midday meeting is a clear and open harm. Note that the midday demon angered David when he fell into adultery after midday sleep. Other fathers call the spirit of laziness and despondency at certain hours, like a fever on a sick soul, and upset its fortress as a midday demon. Sryash - there is every unforeseen event, meeting, attack (Chrysostom, Athanasius, Cassian).

7. It will fall from the country, yours is rich, and darkness is right at your hand, but it will not come close to you,

In the highest sense, the psalm indicates that one who lives in the help of God will be attacked from the left side (of the country) by a thousand evil arrows - rage and lust, and from the right (right hand) - by darkness, that is, ten thousand; for to the crushing of that which is right in us, many evil forces are directed. The devil, knowing that many do not openly accept sins, begins to fight against them with things that seem good, but then through them casts them down into obvious evil. But the Lord does not cease to save those who love Him (Athanasius, Hesychius).

8.About the och'ima of your sm'otrishi and the retribution of the civilians ‘uzrishi.

Through your eyes you will see victory over your enemies and just retribution to them. You will also see the reward for mental sinners yourself after a sober prayer. It is she who frees our mind from any material image of cunning thoughts and allows it to cognize the suggestions of mental adversaries and to feel the benefits of sobriety (Chrysostom, Hesychius).

The Spirit of the Man of God and the Spirit of Prophecy, answering each other, show how much it is useful to trust in God. Because God cares so much about the faithful, because he completely surrendered himself to the will of God and placed all his trust in Him: as you, O Lord, are my hope. For this, - the prophet answers the faithful, - you will be worthy of providence from Him, since the Most High gave you your refuge (Athanasius, Theodorite).

10. Evil will not come to you, and r'ana will not come close to your body and yours, 11 as His Angel commanded to keep you alive in all ways yours.

The prophet encourages a person: calamities will not only not overcome him, but will not even come near. God, through the Angels, will reflect the devil's inclinations. More than people, be ashamed of the Angels, of whom there are many with us, and move away from any shameful act. Under the Angels of the minds also God-bearing men and priests (priests), who have knowledge of God, guard and guide us in life from temptations, “even before the mouth of Jer'ev they will keep reason, and they will seek the law from his mouth, like an angel The Lord Almighty is ”(Mal. 2, 7) (Chrysostom, Theodorite, Nile).

12. On your hands you will scold you, but not when you stumble about yours;

The devil brought these words to Christ, but the Lord, denouncing him, said in response: it is written: do not tempt the Lord thy God (Deut. 6, 16; Matthew 4: 7), for God promised help not to the one who tempts, but to the needy, not vain, or seeking empty glory, but in dire need. Under the stone one can mean every sin and every obstacle to virtue, and under the foot - the soul of a person (Chrysostom, Pelusiot, Athanasius).

13. On the ‘viper and basil’ nest’s, and cross the lion and the serpent.

In the highest sense, by attacking poisonous and carnivorous animals, David expressed victory over evil. He who tramples anger tramples on a lion, because the lion is distinguished by rage, and who tramples on pleasure and wickedness tramples on the asp, basilisk and dragon, because carnal pleasure and every evil of life is justly compared with the creeping things on the ground. Under the asp and the basilisk, we mean extreme cunning, because the asp emits mortal poison, and the basilisk causes harm with its gaze. In its ferocity, the asp resists all spells. The basilisk (spectacle snake) has fiery eyes and contains poison in the eye - as it is said about envious people. The dragon (boa constrictor) is the largest serpent that swallows people, bulls and oxen, by its terrible power it depicts the devil (see Apoc. 12, 3, 4). David mentioned these most evil and powerful animals, wanting to show that a person protected by God cannot be harmed by any visible or invisible enemies. Thousands of those who loved the desert life, trusting in God, avoided these hostile attacks, living together with the beasts. And the demon is also an asp, a basilisk, a lion and a serpent, because he has all the harmful actions performed by these animals (Chrysostom, Theodorite, Gregory of Nyssa, Basil the Great, Athanasius, Cyril, Diodorus).

This is already said by God, showing the fruit of hope - hope in God. Do not delude yourself, hope in God is preceded by work for God and sweat shed in doing good. Only “the righteous as the lion trusts” (Proverbs 28: 1). And as his constant care is dedicated to God, so God rewards him. A relaxed and lazy person cannot have such hope. Who knows His name? The one who with meekness subjugated the will of his mind to Him and who is duly submissive to Him, and not the one who only knows Him by ear (Isaac, Theodorite, Chrysostom, Eusebius).

15. He will call to Me, and I will hear him, with him seven in sk'orby, I will change him and I will praise him.

This is what the Lord says to the righteous. Truly, what can be greater than that bliss when we have God as our protector in the battle against our enemies? For then it is most necessary for Him to be with us when sorrows and calamities surround us. He who calls out to Him with a strong soulful voice finds God listening and ready to help. O words filled with love! O words that breathe the liveliest hope of the praying one. In the most mournful, joyless moments, the Lord is with us. And we think that no, that the Lord has left us. Mother cannot completely attract our hearts to love, but the Lord attracts with holy mysteries and prayer (Athanasius, Isaac, John of Kronstadt).

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HOW IS IT CORRECT TO CONSOLIDATE YOUR APARTMENT WITH KRESHCHEN'S WATER? ?

THE MIRACLE OF THE BAPTISM WATER

Baptism is one of the most important and revered Christian holidays. Amazing healing power Epiphany water possesses on this holiday.

On Epiphany when to get water?

People, when they take baptismal water, for some reason begin to be deeply mistaken in this question: is the water the most healing on January 18 or 19? The main thing is to understand for yourself that the water on these two days is consecrated in the same way. In most churches, therefore, consecrated water is poured for several more days in a row.
But most of the clergy report that it doesn't matter which day or hour you take holy water. If you failed to do this during the holidays, visiting the temple later, you can always draw yourself holy water.

Epiphany water. How to use

They drink this water not to quench their thirst, but to receive strengthening of faith, healing of soul and body.
Good power is Epiphany water: its properties are really healing, it is mainly used to restore mental and physical strength.

You need to drink water on an empty stomach in the morning, in the evening before going to bed in a small cup. After acceptance, it is imperative to read a prayer with a request to heal ailments and direct them to the true path.

But the holy fathers of sick people blessed the Epiphany water to drink one tablespoon every hour. It turns out that even a few drops of water taken during an illness could change the course of the development of the disease.
Reverend Seraphim Vyritsky argued that blessed oil and water help better than all medicines. He advised sprinkling it on food.

People are always interested in: what is the use of Epiphany water, how to use it? It is able to strengthen the immune system, and the person will be resistant to infections and will catch colds less often.
She needs to wash her face. Ambrose Optinsky sent a terminally ill man a bottle of blessed water, and, to the amazement of the doctors, the incurable disease receded.

Store in refrigerator compartment and the bottle should not be next to the food. Keep it separately and be sure to sign it so that none of your loved ones confuse it with ordinary water.

How to consecrate an apartment with Epiphany water

On the great feast of Epiphany, according to tradition, Epiphany water is collected, and with the prayer "In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" the walls of the dwelling, various objects and even animals are sanctified. It will bring peace to your home and peace to your soul.

For this, a special sprinkler (broom) is bought in a shop, or an ordinary twig from a tree or bush is used, and everything is sprayed with consecrated water. And also a special troparion is pronounced.

How to properly store Epiphany water

First of all, one must always remember that even Epiphany water in all its physical parameters still remains water. But according to the metaphysical, after the Epiphany rite, it acquires the divine power of consecration.
However, in order to preserve this water for a long time, some care will also be required.
To have enough water for the whole year, you should not strain yourself and drag it in whole buckets. In fact, just a small amount is enough to last until the next Baptism.
After all, this water has one special property: diluted with ordinary water, it sanctifies all of it.

A case has been recorded when an old woman had kept holy water since 1947 and was usable, because it did not deteriorate at all, since it was guarded with reverence and great love. But the painful state of a person's soul can also affect the water. Water stands badly where people quarrel and utter abusive words, where fornication and adultery. Through the water, God can show all this loathsome desolation in the house. Now the answer to the question of why Epiphany water does not deteriorate is clear enough. But some careless owners spoiled the water stored in the dishes, on which the old labels from alcoholic or carbonated drinks remained. Even if the water has deteriorated, this is not a reason to pour it out, you can no longer drink it, but you can sprinkle it with it. But the priests still recommend not to be lazy, go to church and get another consecrated water.

In no case should you mix water with sewage. Pour only into a place where neither people nor animals walk.

How to consecrate an apartment yourself?

The rite of blessing the dwelling is performed only by an Orthodox priest who is not prohibited from serving.

Dwelling complete consecration can only be sanctified by a true Orthodox priest. If such is not available or is absent due to the circumstances of the derogation, then any faithful (active, church-going Orthodox Christian) can consecrate his home and things, incl. , sprinkling with holy Epiphany (Epiphany water). At the same time, for the consecration of the house, you can read the prayer "May God rise ...", Psalm 90 and "In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, by sprinkling sowing sacred water into flight, let every crafty demonic act turn, amen." If you want a priest to consecrate your apartment with full consecration, then for this you need to contact the nearest Orthodox church (in our case, the Russian Orthodox Church). Very often there is a fixed donation for the demand. People donate to the priest as much as possible, as much as they can, sometimes priests even refuse to take donations from the elderly and the poor.

How to properly sprinkle an apartment with holy water?

Many are now afraid of the evil eye, damage, witchcraft. Many stick up all the jambs with needles, hang themselves like Christmas trees with amulets, smoke all the corners with candles and forget that church prayer alone can save a person from the violence of the devil. After all, he trembles the power of God and is unable to harm the one who dwells in God's love... (read: and).

To protect yourself from the dark forces, one must not commit mortal sins and especially do not need to seek "help" from the servants of Satan: sorcerers, psychics, hypnotists (coded), various healers, fortune-tellers. It is impossible to simultaneously pray to God for help and at the same time run around fortune-tellers and psychics. Often problems appear or worsen after some time after visiting such "helpers", since this is a sin and God forbids doing so. If you have already turned to "healers" or sorcerers, then you need to tell the priest about it - he knows how to help in this case.

"You should not be with you who guides his son or daughter through the fire, a soothsayer, a fortuneteller, a sorcerer, a sorcerer, ..." (Deut.18: 10).

Here is such an interesting letter to a monk in the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery about the consecration of the house:

Hello. My apartment is not fully consecrated, because my parents did not allow my room to be consecrated. It took 2 weeks, and, during the next third week, my nephew constantly began to see someone in the room at night, getting scared. When I woke up myself, I heard a sort of mocking contented singing, and unbelieving parents say that the "bump" lives under their bed. Mom saw a dog in her room one night, what can I do? Consecration of the apartment was already given with difficulty. Parents are against any parishes of the priest. The presence of a "bump" in the house does not bother them at all. Maybe you can recommend some special prayers or something else?

13.08.2004 Elena Ukraine, Sevastopol

Dear Elena!

Your entire apartment was entirely consecrated by the prayer of the Church through the priest, and the room can be sprinkled with holy water. So, the apartment is consecrated and, thus, cleared of all "bumps" and other evil spirits. But if the evil spirits still continue to annoy, then, presumably, the "bumps" have built a nest for themselves not in the apartment, but in the soul of its residents. Therefore, one must cleanse one's soul of uninvited and annoying "guests". How to do it? The Holy Gospel speaks through the mouth of the Savior that "this kind is expelled only by prayer and fasting" (Matthew 17:21). So we need to keep the fast (especially since now the whole Church has entered the Dormition fast before August 28), repent in confession, get hold of and receive communion, go to church services. And continue to try to live according to the Gospel commandments. Then, for sure, all these "bumps" "as if the smoke disappears, but disappear." And for your relatives, pray harder.

Strengthen you Lord!

Whether you swim in the Epiphany waters or not is not the point. It is important to understand that if you do not live in the fence of the Church, then there is no sense in bathing. Bathing in Epiphany water does not instantly heal everyone from any disease and does not wash away sins. Returning to sins ... it is not the Epiphany water that washes them, but repentance c. No other way. Even if you swim for two kilometers in the hole back and forth, and don't come to confession, then there will be no less sins.

Thus, it may not only be in a "bad" apartment. Often the reason for a "bad apartment" is not bad apartment, but the unrepentant sins of man, life without God and the Church. If you come to the church a couple of times a year - in spring, to consecrate cakes with eggs and in winter, behind Epiphany water, then there will be practically no sense from the collected water for you. This is common paganism, a belief in magic, that "the water is charged." We must become an Orthodox Christian, then the water will be beneficial. And Easter cakes with eggs. And for this you need to start attending services (at least for a start to the Sunday Liturgy) and resort to the Sacraments, the main of which is Communion. You need to start rebuilding your life in the Gospel way, learn not only to believe in God, but also to believe God. Well, and finally expel from yourself the most terrible demon of our days - "God in the soul"! Help us all in this, Lord!

Each of us, to the best of his ability and ability, tries to maintain cleanliness in the home and neatness in clothes in everyday life. And there are some especially clean people who are zealous in maintaining cleanliness and order. And how concerned such a person is if, for some reason, this order and cleanliness is violated.

Likewise, a person who is accustomed to keeping an eye on the purity of his heart and the neatness of his soul cannot live without repentance. Such a person awaits and longs for the next confession, like a withered earth awaits life-giving moisture. Imagine for a moment a person who has not washed off bodily dirt all his life! So the soul requires ablution, and what would have happened if it had not been. Taking care of your home do not forget to take care of your soul! The Lord said to His disciples: Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth, it will be bound in heaven; and whatever you permit on earth, it will be permitted in heaven. That is, not forgiven, unresolved, will appear in the other world as unforgiven, unresolved, bound in your sin. )

You just need to understand that there is no magic in Orthodoxy, and not some sacred rite without one's own repentance (the attitude that is described by the prophet David "the sacrifice to God the spirit is broken, the broken heart and the humble God will not despise") will not have the benefit for which it is designed. .) After the church, one must try again not to succumb to passions and vices, to abstain, to forsake sin and with the help of God to win. For example, read the Gospel or the lives of the saints, pray for the departed, refrain from entertainment and scattering, from empty conversations, serials or talk shows, and there will be no place for the evil one either in the soul or in the house.

Attention: do not confuse self-sprinkling of a home with holy water with consecration by a priest, when special prayers are read and the walls are anointed with holy oil, and the image of a cross is attached to the walls.

If you are going to sprinkle your home, then before that you need to clean up the house, wash all the floors, wipe off the dust, remove all unnecessary items. There should be no clutter in the rooms. Do not draw the curtains over the windows - the more light in the house, the better. It is preferable to sprinkle the dwelling on Sunday. Only cleaning on Sunday is not worth doing. It would be nice to go to church on this day for a service and take a blessing from the priest, and perhaps for one thing, agree on when he can come to you in order to carry out a complete consecration of the dwelling. So, how to properly sprinkle holy water? Wash your hands, pour some holy water into a clean bowl. Never take a bowl that has been touched by animals! Better yet, buy a new bowl and use it only for holy water. Before sprinkling the house, you need to read a prayer for the blessing of the deed.

Prayer for the blessing of the deed:

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfill everything, Treasure of the good and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all defilement, and save our souls, Beloved.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3 times with bows)

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, Who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come,Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth; give us this day our daily bread;And leave us our debts, as we also leave our debtors;And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.Thine is the Kingdom and power and glory forever. Amen

To the Creator and Creator of all, O God, the works of our hands, beginning to Your glory, hastily correct them with Your blessing, and deliver us from all evil, for there is only one omnipotent and Man-lover. Swift to intercession and strong to help, present yourself with the grace of Thy strength now, and blessing, strengthen, and in the accomplishment of the intention of the good deed of Thy servants, do it: all the great things, like a Strong God, you can do. Amen.

You need to start sprinkling from the red corner. The red corner is the corner in the central room, located diagonally from the entrance. There must be an iconostasis, or at least one icon. Stand in front of this corner, scoop up some holy water with your right hand (sprinkler, brush) and sprinkle the corner crosswise with the words: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

Walk around the room clockwise and sprinkle all corners, walls, floor and ceiling in the same way. Avoid stepping on drops of water.

After sprinkling the room, read the prayer to the Life-giving Cross.

Prayer to the Life-giving Cross:

May God be resurrected, and scattered around him, and may all who hate Him flee from His presence. Yako smoke disappears, yes disappear; as if wax melts from the face of fire, so may demons perish from the face of those who love God and are marked by the sign of the cross, and in joy say: Rejoice, Most Holy and Life-giving Cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by the power of the drunken Lord Jesus Christ on you, who descended into hell and corrected the power the devil, and who gave us His Honest Cross to drive out every adversary. O Most Honorable and Life-giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady the Virgin Mary and with all the saints forever. Amen.

Sprinkle every other room, kitchen, and hallway in the same way. In the bathroom, spray only the corners. You cannot sprinkle the toilet with holy water.

Thanksgiving prayers

Troparion, voice 4

Thank Thy servant who is unworthy, O Lord, for Thy great blessings on us, glorifying Thee, praise, bless, thank, sing and magnify Thy benevolence, and slavishly with love crying Ty: Our Benefactor, our Savior, glory to Thee.

Kontakion, voice 3

Your blessings and gifts to the tuna, as a servant of indecency, become worthy, Master, to You diligently flowing, we bring thanksgiving in strength, and as a Benefactor and Creator to You, glorifying, crying: glory to Thee, O All-Blessed God. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Bogorodichen

The Mother of God, the Christian Helper, Thy intercession has acquired Thy servant, I am grateful to Thee by crying: Rejoice, Most Pure Virgin Mary, and always save us from all troubles with Thy prayers, One who is soon present.

If water remains, you can sprinkle it the next day.

“If you don’t want sorrow, don’t sin, repent sincerely of your sins and lies, do not harm your neighbors by deed, word, or even thought, visit the temple more often, pray, treat your loved ones, neighbors with mercy, then the Lord will have mercy on you too , and if it is useful, then he will also free you from sorrow "

abbot Nikon Vorobyov

Confession is usually performed in the church before the beginning of the service, or at the end of the service in the evening. If this is your first confession, then it is better to tell the priest about it, most likely he will prompt and give you more time.

Letters and answers to questions:

Saint Nicholas of Serbia, in response to a letter from one woman who complained that she was disturbed by terrible dreams, wrote: "This is what I will say: the three youths who appear to you are your three children, who were killed by you in your womb, before the sun touched their faces with its gentle rays. Begin by understanding and realizing this. Do everything in your power. , for your murdered children, do deeds of mercy. And the Lord will forgive you - everyone is alive with Him - and will give you peace. Go to church and ask what you should do: the priests know.(Read completely)"

And here is what he wrote to a person who went to psychics, fortune-tellers, healers, healers, etc.:

And I’ll ask you something. Why are you making God suffer? Why are you torturing the tortured Lord Jesus Christ for you on the Cross? He endured severe suffering in order to save people from false gods, from false saviors, from all dark forces acting through these false saviors. And yet you passed by Him, the only true one, and went to seek help from His enemies - fortune-tellers and healers.This is what the apostle of Christ advises: Is any of you sick? Let him call for the elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will heal the sick one, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him (James 5: 14-15)(sacrament of unction)

My mother-in-law, in parallel with the Bible, is looking for the truth of life in Feng Shui, she believes in reincarnation and past civilizations. And recently she has been carried away by conspiracies and omens, feeds the brownie with mushrooms, divines and teaches her daughter to this heresy. Her life is awkward, always sick children, lack of money, but no persuasion to stop doing nonsense and turn to the priest does not give in: one does not interfere with the other. How to protect yourself and future children? I'm scared ... Natalia

Hello, Natalia!

I fully understand and share your fears. The behavior of a mother-in-law can indeed negatively affect not only the spiritual, but the physical state of her environment. But let's start in order.

At first, your mother-in-law was carried away by oriental philosophies. In fact, it is a product of pagan cults. It is clear that these beliefs have nothing to do with faith in the Living God. But the matter went further. Now she is already engaged in open occultism. Conspiracies are not at all an appeal to God, but the invocation of evil spirits, although for cover they can be "equipped" with Christian terminology.

Fortune-telling is completely forbidden by the Church, and is considered as a grave sin. And feeding the brownie is a return to ancient Slavic paganism. It is quite logical to assume that soon your mother-in-law will get to black magic and Satanism. And of course, there is nothing surprising in the fact that family troubles reign in the house, the children get sick one after another, and she herself is not in in the best possible way... All these are the consequences of the confusion that reigns in her head. For it is impossible to confuse faith in Christ with faith in Buddha or Krishna, Orthodox prayer mix with a conspiracy, and consider yourself an Orthodox Christian, while doing fortune telling and magic.

Now let's move on to how to protect ourselves from negative consequences your mother-in-law's activities. First of all, you need to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ as often as possible and call on your spouse and, if possible, those closest to you who have not yet come under the influence of your mother-in-law. If you live separately from her, then be sure to consecrate your home. Try to pray more, not only at home, but also often visit the temple of God for prayer. Observe the fasts. In a word, try to do everything that the Orthodox Church urges its faithful children to do. Then you will be under the grace-filled protection of the saving sacraments of the Church. And, of course, try to explain to the mother-in-law about the sinfulness of her delusions and about possible consequences her occupation. If it does not work out, then all that remains is to pray for her and hope for the great mercy of God. God's help to you.

Letter # 1

We have been fighting witchcraft for 8 years now. All to no avail. General lectures in Zagorsk from Father Herman, unction helped nothing. As one clairvoyant said, nothing will help. Too much long term conspiracy. The essence of man has changed. Her life is about to expire. In addition to the fact that she has no path in life, she suddenly began to dislike Russian children. Only the Kyrgyz are in contact. Question. Is it possible to organize a personal report from Germ's father in Zagorsk. Valentine

Hello Valentine!

And where did you get such knowledge in occult terminology? Probably from those clairvoyants and psychics whom you listen with such pleasure. I can tell you only one thing - all this is sheer nonsense! And your troubles are just from the visits of these "good" clairvoyants who dare to say that nothing can help a person. Since when, let me know, have Orthodox Christians begun to trust so much people who have nothing to do with God? Moreover, they deliberately serve the devil. Yes Yes exactly! And nothing else!

“You should not be with you who guides his son or daughter through the fire, a soothsayer, a fortuneteller, a sorcerer, a sorcerer, ...” (Deut.18: 10).

Fortune-tellers, psychics, healers, clairvoyants - all these are ministers of black cults. And no lectures from Fr. Herman and unction, it will only make matters worse. And all from the fact that it is impossible to simultaneously pray to God for help and at the same time run on psychics.

An appeal to a clairvoyant is an appeal to the devil! This is a direct violation of the first commandment: "I am the Lord your God, may you have no other gods before Me" (Ex. 20, 2-3). And for the violation of this commandment in the Old Testament, the death penalty was imposed. So draw a conclusion why your daughter is melting before our eyes. And if you do not stop, then everything can end even more sadly, for “I am the Lord, your God, a jealous God, punishing children for the guilt of fathers up to the third and fourth generations who hate Me, and showing mercy to thousands of generations to those who love Me and keep My commandments "(Ex 20: 5-6).

If you have made the appropriate conclusions for yourself, then I will continue further. You need to understand that a person who lives in harmony with God and fulfills His commandments is not afraid of any witchcraft. At the moment, you and your daughter urgently need

Perhaps the priest will assign you a penance. With humility, accept all the admonitions of your confessor and follow all of his instructions. And get out of your head the thought that Fr. Hermana is a panacea for all diseases. Your daughter does not suffer from demonic possession, and the rank of reprimanding is directly exile evil spirit from the human body. She needs to confess as often as possible, to receive communion and, if necessary, to receive unction. But remember that all this is incompatible with the visits of the occultists. All other instructions can be obtained from the priest in the temple. God's help to you!

You just need to understand that there is no magic in Orthodoxy, and not some sacred rite without one's own repentance (the attitude that is described by the prophet David "the sacrifice to God the spirit is broken, the broken heart and the humble God will not despise") will not have the benefit for which it is designed. .)

It is worth emphasizing that if a person comes to confession, or to communion, or to baptism not for the sake of union with the Lord Jesus Christ, but for some completely different goals, especially occult goals, then this is a grave sin. It so happens that they say: "Well, we went to the grandmothers, and they said:" You are unbaptized, go get baptized "- or:" Go to the church, and then we tell you fortune, then we will do what you want. " ". From this, some conclude that it means that they are Orthodox. But this is what demons do, because for demons it is more interesting to abuse a baptized Christian than an unbaptized person. Therefore, I would venture to suggest that in your case it did not bring what you expected, because it was not done for the purpose for which these ordinances were established.

And if your problems are not of a medical nature, but of a spiritual nature, then they must be solved not by a one-time visit to the church, but by a full-fledged church life. Make it a rule for yourself to visit the temple at least once a week, confess often, take communion monthly, pray at home in the morning and evening, read spiritual literature and the Gospel daily, and your spiritual problems will be resolved.

However, such a way of life is necessary for any believer. Perhaps the misfortune that befell you simply reminds you of the need to live the way a Christian is supposed to.

Even if problems are not immediately resolved by church means, it may be necessary to show patience and constancy in good deeds: in fasting and prayer, attending services and participating in the sacraments of the Church.? Maybe you need to seriously reconsider your life, work on your soul, remembering that the goal of the Christian life is not health, well-being and prosperity, but sanctification, transformation of the soul?It takes time to enlighten, to cleanse the heart, to become akin to Christ. "... Here the devil is fighting with God, and the battlefield is the hearts of people" ...

In addition to God, there are forces that in Christianity are called fallen angels, demons, demons.

These forces, which themselves have long made their choice in favor of the fight against God, seek to persuade people to do the same. Those who observe the laws of God, expressed, first of all, in His commandments, God protects, but those who reject these commandments, first of all by the way of their life, by the values ​​laid in its basis, he deprives himself of this protection and becomes an easy prey demons. These people reject God's protection, and God, respecting their free will, leaves them alone with their choice. The Monk John Damascene writes about demons: “… every vice was invented by them and impure passions. And they are allowed to attack a person, but they are not able to force someone by force, because it depends on us to withstand the attack or not to withstand it. " A person deprived of God's protection, having become the prey of demons, who are indifferent to our free will, becomes possessed by demonic forces. The will of such people becomes controlled by demons, and they themselves turn into their puppets. Therefore, one should not be surprised when a certain grandmother "heals", "predicts", but understand who the source is and what the consequences may be.

Demons are very cunning and insidious. If they see that you are not listening to them and that you are avoiding their evil deeds, they will try to influence you through another person who is next to you at that moment (for example, one who does not know anything about demons). They inspire him to prompt, advise you to do such an act (for example, go to the grandmother, open up, bewitch, "treat", have an abortion, kill, etc.), i.e. sin, by an act that violates the commandments of God, incline you to sin and further aggravate sin, thus tearing you away from Christ, depriving you of God's protection and destroying. But they cannot force you to do bad things without your decision.

Important: If your problems are not of a medical nature, but of a spiritual nature, then they must be solved not by a one-time visit to the church, but by a full-fledged church life, attending services, participation in the sacraments of the church.

- I can't understand: what is the danger of doing yoga? For example, they help me in life.

- These two questions are like two siblings, the younger and the older: the second was exactly the same as the first just a couple of years ago! ...

The saddest thing, however, lies elsewhere: some of us, having received "help" from some occult, anti-Christian source, until the end of our lives, will not feel any derailment, or the onset of darkness, or a feeling of reckoning. Therefore, the author of the second question has every reason to rejoice - if, of course, he draws the proper conclusions from his current state.

Here is how the remarkable modern thinker, an American, Russian Orthodox priest Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose), says about it:

“Of course, besides Christianity, there are other expressions of universal meaning and order ... For example, a follower of traditional Indian or Chinese philosophy is to some extent open to the truth and the inner world that comes from it ... The one who deviates from this relative truth and partial world loses a lot, but still does not everything like apostate Christian... That is why unprecedented confusion reigns in our hearts, because we have departed from the law and truth, revealed to us completely in Christ Himself "(" Man inside out. Philosophy of the absurd ").

In conclusion, the answer to this serious question is an illustration that will help to understand the meaning of what has been said. In some book for children, the action takes place in the summer of 1941. The boys shout: “Tanks are coming, tanks! We ran to look! ... "The hero is perplexed: the tanks are German ... But best friend drags his hand: “Hurry! Just think, what's the difference! "

And there is a difference, and not a small one. For German children, it would not be so significant, but many of us, who in childhood ran after other people's tanks, imperceptibly for ourselves crossed the line beyond which lies the slope, darkness and retribution.

There are times when a person, being in his home, feels uncomfortable and unhappy. Sometimes people complain that they sense the presence of some kind of spirits and beings. In this case, in order to restore the normal energy background, it is recommended to properly consecrate the house or apartment, since holy water destroys all negativity and scares away evil spirits. To do this, it is not necessary to invite a priest, since the ritual can be performed independently.

How to sanctify an apartment yourself with candles?

“Miracle worker Nikolai, bless me to cleanse the apartment and drive out the demonic power from it. Let it be so. Amen".

Buy some candles home. When you come home, light a candle and walk around the house, going to all corners. This should be done clockwise. It is necessary to properly sanctify the apartment with a prayer, since these words expel evil spirits and cleanse the space, and it sounds like this:

“I clean the corner, I clean the floor, I clean the ceiling and walls. I drive demons, I drive envy. I burn sickness, illness and misfortune with a candle. Amen".

It is recommended to baptize corners and walls with a candle. If the fire began to crackle - this is a signal of the presence of negative energy, it is recommended to stay longer in such a corner. Repeat the ritual three Thursdays in a row. It is important these days not to forget to visit church and light candles at the icon of Nicholas the Pleasure. After a month, you will already notice that the atmosphere in the house has become more comfortable.

How to sanctify an apartment yourself with water?

To carry out the ritual, you will need holy water, a new bowl, an icon and an icon lamp. Sacred water can be taken in the church or blessed by yourself. Before that, it is recommended to get a blessing from the priest. Saturday must be done in advance general cleaning... In the most big room at least for a day it is worth putting an icon with an icon lamp in the corner opposite the entrance. In general, it is recommended to prepare yourself for the ritual in advance, that is, do not drink, do not use foul language, and pray regularly. It is necessary to begin consecration on Sunday. It is important to carry out the ritual in the proper form: a woman must definitely wear a skirt below the knees, a strict blouse and a scarf on her head. Don't forget the pectoral cross. It is best if during the ritual, all residents will be at home. You need to start the ritual only with a pure soul and faith. Having collected water in a new bowl, and dipping three fingers in it, folded with a pinch, it is worthwhile to start sprinkling the room, starting from the corner where the icon stands. You need to move clockwise. To consecrate an apartment with holy water yourself, say the following prayer:

"In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, by sprinkling of sowing sacred water into flight, let every crafty demonic act turn into flight, Amen."

If it did not work to consecrate the apartment itself, since the feeling of heaviness remained, then it is best to invite a priest who will conduct the ritual correctly, observing all traditions.