The baptism of the Lord is a great holiday. On this day, all Orthodox churches are overflowed, people hurry to sanctify water. From which source you can gain water and when should it be done to be considered the Holy Epiphany?
On January 19, Orthodox Christians used to gain water in water bodies. Who did not have time to do this - came to the temples to make the reserves of holy water ahead.
When to recruit holy water into baptism?
Water on the holiday becomes holy everywhere, in any sources. You can already gain water on January 18, after the rite of consecration. Even in the old days, it turned out historically that the water in the baptismic holidays was shred twice: the first time it was the day before the holiday, in the temple. This holiday is called the "Epiphany Christmas Eve", and the second time - water was consecrated in water bodies. As baptism falls on January 19, just during this period, severe frosts, then in water bodies (rivers and lakes) had to chop ice to make a hole and dial water.
Water taken on Christmas Eve in the temple was considered the saint and that water that was typed from the source - also considered consecrated, but only after the rite of water and engineering.
Water in the reservoirs could not be recruited not only on January 19 immediately, after the rite, but during the week, because for the church charter, this holiday lasts 7 days and in any of these days you can come and dial water.
What to pour holy water to baptism?
In order to gain baptic water and save it throughout the year, it is necessary to prepare a container in advance. It is desirable that this was one container so that water was stored from year to year. For example, tank or bank.
Now people most often type water in plastic containers. This container is not considered forbidden, but it must be used temporarily. Before pouring water into a bottle, it needs to be carefully flushed (if it is a bottle from under sweet drinks) so that it is clean and without extraneous smells. Having come home, the baptismic water is desirable to pour into clean, specially prepared for storage, glass container.
How much and how to store water scored
Water from a consecrated source or brought from the temple must be stored in a specially reserved place - near the iconostasis. In the refrigerator, water is not stored and not poured into the sewer stock - it is considered invalid.
Water can not be stored forever, this is not a shrine, it needs to be reasonably used.
How to use holy water collected for baptism
- Drink water in the morning, before the first meal and in the evening before going to bed. They drink sacred water in a silence, just not sprinkle straight from the neck of the cans or bottles, but pour a little into the cup and drink from a small spoon. In critical days, women are forbidden to drink baptic water.
- If a person take an empty stomach of medication, first drink a sip of water, then the medicine and breakfast.
- If a person is seriously sick, drinking water in unlimited quantities. After drunk water, you need to read the healing prayer.
- More water is used as a healing agent healing from pain - apply a compress moistened in water to a patient.
- Pour the holy water and their homes, be sure to read the prayer, as well as other items, clothing and even pets.
What if the Holy Water has spoiled?
Spoiled holy water is not descended into the sewage drain, and pour into any natural source. You can not splash out such water and directly to the ground, it is considered unacceptable.
Pull the water into an uneteemed place, where the leg or dog's leg does not steal. By the way, water is allowed to pour into a pot with flowers or under a tree on the street.
Water, scored in Epiphany holidays, is considered healing and can be added to ordinary water so that it gives it all the grateful properties.
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