Epiphany water and its properties, healing power

On January 19, when believers celebrate Epiphany, and the most seasoned plunge into the ice hole,
something amazing really happens to the water. Moreover, changes in its properties have been recorded by scientists using physical instruments - it makes no sense
some kind of What exactly happens to water on the day of Epiphany? Its electromagnetic radiation literally changes for several hours (this is noted by millimeter-wave radio wave receivers). conducted by the Moscow Water Institute

showed that
the frequency spectrum of the radiation of Epiphany water is identical to the radiation of ideally healthy human organs.
That is, it turns out that
Epiphany water contains a certain information-wave program
in the form of ordered healthy frequencies of the human body.

Interestingly, if you collect Epiphany water and isolate it from external influences, it retains its qualities for an incredibly long time

.
Moreover, this applies to water from absolutely all sources and even tap water. An officially certified record - water collected on January 19 from an ordinary flowing lake (!) stood for four years in a scientific laboratory
at room temperature in the light and did not bloom, did not change color, taste or smell (ordinary tap water standing nearby in similar conditions, became undrinkable after 2 months).

Physicists from the Research Institute of Human Ecology and Environmental Hygiene named after. Sysin RAMS report the following about their research:

“The number of
radical ions in water has been creeping up since January 17th. At the same time, the water became softer, its pH value (pH level) increased, which made the liquid less acidic. The water reached its peak activity, as expected, of the 18th . Due to the large number of radical ions, its electrical conductivity was really like that of an artificially created catholyte (water saturated with electrons).
At the same time, the pH value of the water jumped over neutral (7 pH) by 1.5 points.” “We also studied the degree of structure of Epiphany water.
To do this, we had to freeze several samples - from the tap , from a church spring, from the Moscow River . So, even tap water , which is usually far from ideal, when frozen, presented a harmonious spectacle under a microscope.”

“The curve of electromagnetic activity of water began to decline in the morning of January 19 and by the 20th
it took its usual form.
Water loses its amazing properties, its acidity and hardness are normalized.”

What explains this process?
Long-term observations of nuclear physicists involved in cosmic radiation research have recorded that every year, on January 18-19, intense neutron fluxes hit the Earth

: at this time the power of neutron irradiation of our planet increases by 100 - 200 times! And intense neutron fluxes, according to scientists, have a sterilizing effect. Professor of the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University, Doctor of Sciences Vladimir Voevikov says:

“The fact is that water is affected by all kinds of magnetic and neutron storms
, no doubt.
In particular, scientists have proven that the properties of water are greatly changed by a solar eclipse. And everywhere, regardless of the degree of darkness in one or another part of the globe. As for the processes that affect water at Epiphany, they have not yet been fully studied. Perhaps, during this period, there really is a restructuring of interplanetary magnetic fields and the electrons of water somehow “magnetized” to the Earth.”

Special properties of water

Water collected on Holy Epiphany has special properties. When to dial? The priests believe that it is necessary to dial on the night of January 18-19 from 0 hours 10 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes.

It is during this period that it is considered Epiphany, truly miraculous, since at this time “the sky opens” and the prayer better reaches the Almighty.

You can dial from 18.00 on January 18 on Christmas Eve, after its first consecration. During this period, the water is already considered blessed, and continues to remain so until the evening of January 19.

In the morning, on January 19, the second rite of consecration is carried out. You can collect from a well, spring, or from a tap.

Holy water can retain its structure for several years, so it almost never deteriorates.

The great power of Epiphany water helps to treat diseases, rid people of the evil eye, and homes from evil spirits.

To collect sacred water, you need to prepare:

Do not eat until the first star, drink only water;
Do not conflict, do not get angry, have only bright thoughts in your head;
Clean the house;
Sterilize jars with lids or bottles well;
When the time comes to fill them with water from a well, spring or tap, it does not matter whether you close the lid;
Before drawing water from the tap, you must read a prayer;
Place in a cool, dark place.

Many believers still have liquid poured last year. Many people ask: what to do with last year’s Epiphany water? You can water the plants, but you should take into account that after watering some plants begin to grow wildly, while others, on the contrary, begin to wither. You can go outside and pour it under a tree.

What can’t be done with Epiphany water? Do not pour into the toilet or sink. Many housewives add it when washing, especially children's clothes, because it is not a simple liquid, but a sacred one that brings health.

Baptism or Epiphany?

Many people know about the second name of the holiday - Epiphany. And they get confused, believing that these are two different holidays that follow each other. “But in fact, this is one holiday, it just has two different names. It is called Epiphany because on this day the divine essence of Jesus Christ was clearly and extremely concretely revealed. Before this, many people considered him just a preacher, albeit a very famous one. But when he came to John the Baptist to be baptized in the waters of the Jordan River, all the people who were there saw a real miracle,” explains the priest.

Blessing of Epiphany water at the spring of St. Seraphim of Sarov in the Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveevo Convent. Sergey Bobylev TASS

“Tradition says that when Jesus entered the river, its waters began to flow in the opposite direction for some time and the voice of God the Father was heard: “This is my beloved son, about whom I told you.” At that moment, in a bright ray of light from heaven, the Holy Spirit descended on the head of the Savior in the form of a dove,” says the priest.

This story may seem like a legend to some. But even today the waters of the Jordan River turn back at Epiphany. On this day, the Bishop of Jerusalem comes out to bless the waters of the river in the place where the Baptism of Jesus took place. And when he lowers the cross into the water, the water in the Jordan begins to run in the opposite direction for a while. This can be clearly seen in the videos that can be found on the Internet.

“This is evidence of those divine events that took place a long time ago, but it continues to this day. And this is always very impressive for children and adults,” says Father Pavel.

Using a Sacred Gift

How to use holy water? Women can wash their face to enhance their beauty. On the night from 18 to 19, you can take a bath at home if you cannot plunge into the ice hole.

Fill the bath, cross yourself three times, read a prayer, hit yourself on the chest 3 times with the fist of your right hand. This way you will tune your body to the vibration of the water.
Calmly dive in, plunge headlong 3 times, each time hitting your chest with your fist. If bubbles appear during the process, then the cleansing is in full swing.
Go out calmly without drying yourself, throw on a warm robe, drink tea on the grass.
Tap yourself with your fingers from head to toe.
Thank the Almighty for the Grace of ablution.
If you can’t go through the ablutions, just wash your face, drink, and say the following words: “Water takes away all sorrows and sorrows, my heart and soul are pure.” Treat the gift of Heaven as a shrine.

Even scientists claim that you should definitely drink Epiphany water, as it acquires healing properties. How to drink? Take a sip in the morning on an empty stomach to boost immunity, get rid of irritability and anxious thoughts. Has a beneficial effect on the brain.

Before drinking the medicine, take 2-3 small sips and then drink the medicine. If you give your baby water, he will get fewer colds, become much calmer, and be less capricious.

Water baptism, what is it?

As we said above, in some denominations baptism in water is compared with membership in the organization and acceptance of its charter and rules. Some approach baptism as a covenant with God. So what is this, baptism by water?

We see the image of the ark into which Noah entered and was saved from destruction.

...so we are now immersed in a similar way to this image...

Baptism is again shown here as an integral part of salvation. And we see the essence not in the ablution itself. This is an image and a ritual.

Healing properties of holy water

How to use Epiphany water:

Apply a cross-shaped motion to the sore area, rinse your face and chest while reciting prayers. The main thing is to come into contact with a healing source.
After this, do not wipe, let natural drying occur.
Sprinkle food for a sick person.
If a child or you yourself are sick, sprinkle yourself and your baby with water while reciting the Jesus Prayer.
Add 1 tsp to your drink. or into the bath, then all the liquid will acquire miraculous properties.
It is good to sprinkle the whole body, wash the eyes, rinse the mouth.

Is it possible for unbaptized people or non-believers to drink Epiphany water?

If this water is sprinkled on homes and animals, then any person is not forbidden to use it. When consecrating a house, they sprinkle it even on “stingy places” - toilets. Of course, it does not follow from this that the unbaptized need to be specially given baptismal water to drink. If a person believes in God, but has not yet been baptized, and if at the same time he feels reverence for the church shrine, then this will only be for the good.

If an unbaptized - non-believer person, and simply not understanding anything, decided to drink it - nothing bad will happen either. But if a person is not just not a believer, but a fighter against God, and specifically drinks this water with an evil feeling, then such consumption of Epiphany water cannot be recommended.

Sprinkling the home

How to consecrate an apartment? Walk through the house on the day of the holiday, sprinkling every corner, every wall. Start on the east side, go to the west, then to the north, ending with the south.

Then pour a little into a separate vessel, leave it open, let it stand, clearing the room of everything negative. It would be good to confess yourself and go through the rite of communion.

People have always been worried about the question: why doesn’t Epiphany water spoil? Scientists became interested in this phenomenon and began to conduct research.

It turned out that at Epiphany the energy of the water increases sharply, it becomes soft, with an increased pH level by one and a half points. No one can yet explain why this happens. And a real miracle happens!

How is holy water different from Epiphany water? Because Kreshchenskaya is endowed with extraordinary healing powers. And praying for holy water makes it even more powerful.

Small and Great Blessing of Water

Blessing of water or blessing of water, there is a small one performed at any time at a water prayer service, and a great one . The Great Blessing of Water takes place twice a year - on the very day of Epiphany, and also on the eve, on the eve of Epiphany (Epiphany Eve). On Christmas Eve and on the very day of the feast of Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord), the consecration of water is performed in the same way (according to one order). Initially, on Christmas Eve, January 18, water was blessed in the temple, and on the holiday itself, on January 19, at a source (river or lake).

Washing children from the evil eye

Young children are often exposed to negative influences from strangers. When a child starts crying and cannot be calmed down, it means he has been jinxed, voluntarily or involuntarily. You can believe it or not, but just in case, you need to know how to wash a child with holy water.

Do the following:

Visit the Temple;
Submit a note about the child's health;
With great zeal, be baptized at the icon of the Lord, the Most Holy Theotokos and Mother Matrona;
In front of the image of Matronushka, say an appeal to the saint: “Blessed Elder, heal my child from the evil eye and damage sent during the day or dark night. Amen."
Cross yourself three times;
Buy 3 candles, collect blessed water;
Returning home, light the candles, place a decanter of blessed water between them;
After crossing yourself three times, read a prayer to the Lord, drink 2-3 sips;
Introducing your baby, repent of your sins.

After this, read the prayer:

“Blessed Elder, Matrona of Moscow. I may torment my soul in doubt, but I save a child from the evil eye. Forgive me my sins and confusion, bring zeal towards Orthodoxy. You always help with illnesses, you heal us in desperate pain. Help me to heal now, just like drinking oil and water. Let the evil eye evaporate from the child, and let grace settle in the soul. Thy will be done. Amen".

After crossing yourself, drink some water and put out the candles. After this, drink and wash your baby with holy water for 3 days.

If the baby is very ill, then cross yourself, sprinkle some water on him, say: “Lord, save and preserve my child (name). Amen". And then carry out the ritual described above.

Holy water will also help you against the evil eye. We must do the same ritual.

Promise to God of a Good Conscience

We see what is the basis for believing that water baptism is a covenant with God. So to speak. There are God's promises that do not require anything from us. In the same way, we have moments when we promise something to God. True, you have to be careful with this.

And in the case of water baptism, we promise God a good conscience. Let's break down this promise.

Conscience is a sense of moral responsibility to the environment (team, parents, wife...)

Morality is the laws that determine human behavior. It turns out that

we promise God that now our life and our responsibility will be before God, and our behavior will be in accordance with the Word of God.

This means that if you stole before and if no one saw it, it remained on the person and could always be there.

From now on, if we have sinned, we understand that we have acted wrongly against God's Word. If tomorrow the punishment for theft is lifted, a large number of people will rush to rob. But not those who have a new covenant in their hearts and laws in their hearts. We have a responsibility before the Word, before Christ.

It turns out that water baptism is repentance, when a person renounces his old life, not just some actions. No!!! All my life. He dies to himself and now begins to live according to new laws, moving along a new path, becoming a new person.

Not a membership

I would like to appeal to those who still force people to accept water baptism to accept the charter of their denomination, their teaching. You are lying about the truth. If a person believes that Jesus is the Son of God, if he believes in salvation and redemption by the Blood of Jesus and has repented, wanting to renounce his old life without God, do not hinder him. Do not resist God and His will, His Word.

whoever leads into captivity will also go into captivity

Ritual with matches

Take 1 glass of holy water and a new box of matches, leave only 9 matches in it;
When it gets dark, sit opposite your baby;
Light the first match, say the prayer described above, looking at the child;
When the fire begins to burn your fingers, throw the match into the glass;
So burn all 9 matches with prayer.

Based on the state of the matches, draw conclusions:

If the cinders did not drown, then there was no evil eye;
If several cinders sank to the bottom, then there was a slight evil eye, but you got rid of it. To be sure, perform the ritual the next day;
If all the matches were at the bottom, then the evil eye was not weak.
Perform the ritual 3 to 5 times.

How often should you be baptized?

We once met a woman who read the Bible herself and decided to go to the river and be baptized every time after a sin. We had to take time to explain that there is only one baptism by water. When a person gives his life to God, promising a good conscience.

Crossing

Unfortunately, the practice of rebaptizing people exists in some denominations. Sometimes it has to do with creed. The fact is that they associate water baptism with the acceptance of their creed. If you were baptized in another place, it means you carry a different teaching.

Another practice of rebaptism is due to the fact that some denominations do not accept baptism in a bathtub or in a swimming pool, but only in an open body of water. Some do not accept baptism in the name of Jesus, while others, on the contrary, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And they require re-baptism. I repeat. This has no basis. A person can be re-baptized only if he has not given God the promise of a good conscience and has not accepted Christ as his Lord and savior. Most often this infant baptism is rebaptized.

Answer to a burning question

Why doesn't holy water spoil? Water is the strongest conductor of energy, the molecules of which absorb and store information. An experiment was carried out with several vessels. Each one had inscriptions: God, Love, Mother Teresa, Hitler, chaos...

When they began to examine water under a microscope, the liquid with positive inscriptions had crystals of the correct shape in the form of snowflakes, and with negative inscriptions - pictures without any shape.

What does Epiphany water do? It carries information of harmony and life. Scientists have proven that a few drops of water can spread positive information to 60 liters of liquid. Epiphany water contains information about its holiness, healing properties, and durability, so it stays fresh for a long time and is endowed with enormous healing power.

Full immersion or sprinkling.

Same question as many others. A question that has no doctrinal support. This means that there is no place in the Word where this issue is discussed. But!!! All those who are given as examples to us in the book of Acts were immersed in water and came out of water. In fact, the word baptism itself means “immersion.” No sprinkling, no dipping...

Do you understand? This question came out of nowhere. It’s the same as if they showed you that you need to eat soup with a spoon and drink tea from a glass, and you started using a fork or knife for this. And then they would tell you that trying to take tea with a knife is the same as drinking tea.

You may ask what to do if there is no body of water nearby or if it is winter in Yakutia. I will answer. Today there are few places on earth where there are no open bodies of water nearby. There are a lot of churches where artificial baptisteries have been built. In other words, this is a purely technical issue and completely solvable. The main thing to remember is that baptism is not the washing of the body with water. This is a promise to God of a good conscience. The same goes for frost. I myself was baptized when the ice had not yet left the river. Many are baptized in the ice hole and no illnesses can take them. And again, there are indoor reservoirs, swimming pools, saunas...

Does water collected at Epiphany help against illnesses?

Many people take Agiasma for treatment purposes. They believe that in case of illness they can be healed by the sacred liquid. Others are skeptical about this. The truth, as always, is somewhere in the middle.

Agiasma really helps to cope with many ailments. The specialized literature describes many cases where people cured skin diseases, stomach pathologies, and mental disorders with it. Perhaps the placebo effect is relevant in some places, but the most important thing is that it helps.

To treat eczema, ulcers and other diseases, you need to moisten gauze with Agiasma and apply it to the sore spot, then read a prayer. It is better to do this in the morning, on an empty stomach. They use it for medicinal purposes for several days or weeks in a row until they manage to get rid of the disease. If you have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, you need to take holy water daily, on an empty stomach, in small portions, also after prayer.

But you shouldn’t place too much hope on Agiasma. If we are talking about serious pathologies, you should definitely consult a doctor. Delay can have dire consequences. It is permissible to combine the intake of Epiphany water with therapeutic treatment. It does not interfere.

People often take Agiasma during the recovery phase after surgery. This helps a lot. If it’s not something specific that hurts, but your overall health is not satisfactory, you can drink holy water, or apply it to your body, or sprinkle yourself with it.

People believed that Agiasma helped to get pregnant. To do this, you need to take a sip every day in the morning, on an empty stomach. You must definitely read prayers and believe that everything will work out. Holy water helps with insomnia and nightmares. To do this, you need to drink it at night.

Who can baptize

This is also not a very simple question. Almost everywhere this function is assigned to senior ministers. In some denominations, people are specifically ordained for this ministry. In principle, it's not so scary. And there are no special false teachings or sins here.

But we are talking about the TEACHINGS of JESUS. This means they must be accurate. Let's take another look at the rite of immersion, water baptism. In all places of Scripture there is one who is baptized, immersed, there is one who baptizes, immersed and water. The focus is on the one WHO DIVES IN and makes the promise of a good conscience. Is there a special message from Jesus for those who baptize?

How to store water so it doesn't spoil

Epiphany water must be stored correctly. It is best to keep it in glass bottles, place it under the iconostasis. There is no need to store it in the refrigerator. If you keep Agiasma in a clean container, it will not spoil. It is not advisable to store it in the house just like that, just in case, just because it is customary or fashionable. It should be useful and should be used periodically.

It is unacceptable to pour Agiasma into the drain. Even if it has spoiled for some reason, you can water your flowers with it at home or on the street. It is advisable not to pour it on places where people and animals actively walk. This is disrespect for the sacred.

If Agiasma is left over from last year, you can dilute it with a new portion, but it is better to still use it for its intended purpose, water the plants with it. Long-term storage of holy water (for years) is not recommended. If it has changed its smell, color, or any signs of spoilage have appeared, it is especially not allowed to be used. You need to get rid of it correctly (water the ground with it).

It is also worth paying attention to what is currently happening in life. Spoilage of holy water, especially if it was stored correctly or recently collected, is considered a bad sign. This may indicate health problems or a crisis in the family. You shouldn’t worry too much about this, but you need to be more attentive to yourself and your loved ones.