Wearing a cross protects people from anger and unkind views. However, a person’s home is surrounded by many objects that he is not able to bring to church for consecration. Before reaching the owner, a new purchased item was in the hands of manufacturers and sellers; other buyers could try it on, so it carries the energy of all these people, and not always positive.
To remove negativity and protect yourself from troubles, you need to know the prayer for the sanctification of every thing. At the same time, you can easily perform the ritual yourself, at home.
Prayer for the sanctification of things
Despite the fact that the spiritual aspect predominates in human life, it is still located in the material world.
How and to whom it helps
Consecrating a thing not only removes negativity from it, but also charges it with positive energy. Some people think that it has only recently become “fashionable” to bless surrounding objects. However, this ritual has been carried out since the emergence of Christianity. During this period, a large number of prayer texts were collected, so they were combined into an almanac and called the Trebnik. The first mention of it can be found three centuries BC.
Now there are special texts used to consecrate jewelry, household appliances, and clothing. But large purchases, such as an apartment or a car, must still be blessed by the priest, since he has greater power.
Reading rules
Before consecrating a thing at home, a layman must observe certain nuances.
At the preparatory stage you need:
- Talk to the rector of the temple that the layman is visiting and get his blessing.
- Visit church and light a candle for a favorable outcome.
- Read the text clearly and legibly, the words must come from the heart, then the Higher Powers will hear them.
Of course, the person himself must be baptized, with pure thoughts. We should think not about the fact that negative energy is being cleansed, but about the fact that all purchases are provided by God.
It is advisable to attend church services and undergo the rites of communion and confession as often as possible.
Prayer text
After going through the ritual, a person will feel not only jubilation from a new purchase, but also from the fact that now it will take on a different meaning, will bring joy and be a kind of talisman for its owner.
The Breviary contains a large number of prayers for the consecration of various things. To choose the right one, you need to talk to a clergyman.
Below is the text of a universal, most often used prayer.
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Rite of consecration at home
The church allows you to consecrate small purchases yourself, using prayers from the Trebnik. But first you need to familiarize yourself with the rules of its conduct and follow them strictly.
What is it needed for
Any object carries the energy of the people who come into contact with it, and therefore can accumulate their negative emotions. The consequence of this for the new owner may be headaches, poor health, quarrels and scandals. And only sanctification will relieve the negative impact.
Necessary materials
Having tuned in spiritually, you need to prepare something else.
Required attributes for the ritual:
- Holy water from the temple.
- An image with the face of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. You can also use an image of your saint, whose name was adopted at baptism.
- Church candles. How many pieces - you need to check with the priest.
- A prayer book, or better yet a Breviary, because it contains a large number of universal prayers.
It is more effective to use a prayer text intended for a specific thing.
Rules and instructions for conducting
The process itself is quite simple. The main thing is to believe that everything will happen exactly as planned.
How the ritual happens:
- Prepare a clean place (table, chair) and a fresh towel.
- Place the consecrated object on it.
- Say a prayer three times and sprinkle with holy water.
- Wipe the item and you can use it.
The entire ritual takes about 10-15 minutes. It is advisable that no one is at home at this time.
An icon embroidered with beads is also consecrated in the church.
Nowadays, the most holy images are created in different styles, including embroidery. Only those icons that are created in compliance with the iconographic style and meet strict canonical requirements are allowed for consecration. Before consecrating the image, the clergyman will check it. All priests are well versed in such matters. In theological educational institutions there are special disciplines for the study of images (iconology, iconology, theology of the icon).
If the master embroidered the icon with beads and in the process of work adhered to all the canonical rules for the attributes of the cult, then it can be allowed to be consecrated. The believer will be given a date on which the church service will take place. Usually several iconographic images are consecrated in a church at once.
Features of the consecration of things
Any thing, even food, can be subjected to ritual. After all, at Easter this ritual is performed over eggs and Easter cakes, and during Spasov - over honey, apples and nuts.
If this is an ordinary meal, then you need to cross the food, then you can eat yourself. But it’s better to collect holy water in the temple, especially since it is there around the clock.
What is customary to consecrate
Particular attention should be paid to new, just purchased items - they collect all the information in the world around them. It’s not for nothing that they say that you shouldn’t give away your clothes and touch someone else’s clothes unnecessarily. Therefore, by performing a ritual over them, a person does not so much get rid of negative energy as call on the Lord and the holy spirit for protection from “enemy attacks”, asking for his blessings and grace.
It is also necessary to consecrate household appliances - they will serve their owners longer. In order not to go to the priest with every purchase, you can do everything yourself. It is especially necessary to subject all jewelry to this ritual, because they come into contact with the human body.
When is a priest needed?
If many small things can be consecrated independently, then large purchases, such as a house, apartment or car, are consecrated according to a special rite, and a lay person will not be able to carry out the ritual in compliance with all the rules. In addition, the priest has greater strength, will not make serious mistakes, and he has all the attributes necessary to carry out the ceremony.
When the ritual is not performed
You cannot perform rituals over goods that plunge you into a state of sin, for example, the offices of companies involved in the production and distribution of alcohol and tobacco products. Or sanctify business related to the provision of sexual services, magic and witchcraft.
A clergyman may refuse to perform a ritual in a place where people are making trouble and using obscene language.
There are several other reasons why the ceremony may be denied:
- There is a dog in the house. The ritual will be useless, since she defiles the home with her presence.
- If a person lives in the house who is not Orthodox.
- Disagreement of someone living in the premises.
- Dead man in the apartment. The ritual can only be performed 40 days after the funeral.
- Living in the premises of a representative of another religion.
- The presence of people practicing magic and witchcraft.
Therefore, having decided to perform the ceremony, you need to carefully think through all the nuances.
Apartments and houses
If even the most insignificant things accumulate negative energy, then what can we say about the whole house or apartment! Surely quarrels, scandals and even deaths occurred within the walls of any room. This is fraught for new residents with illnesses and poor sleep. Household equipment may begin to break down.
It is advised to consecrate even a new house, because a large number of people took part in its construction and repair work, and building materials were purchased.
It is better for this ceremony to be performed by a priest. You can agree on the time of the ritual by contacting the church.
Before doing this, you should make some preparations:
- Make your home perfectly clean.
- Prepare the iconostasis, as well as a lamp and several candles.
- Remove unnecessary things that will interfere with the priest.
The entire process will take approximately 1 hour. At this time, you need to take an observant position and not interfere.
Cars and other transport
It is also advised to invite the priest to bless the car. By performing this ritual, the church asks the guardian angel to protect its owner from dangers on the road, as well as from evil and bad people.
After carrying out this ritual, the owner of the car must adhere to certain rules: while in the car, do not drink, do not smoke or use foul language.
Icons and church utensils
For a long time in Orthodoxy, the icon not only protected against evil forces, but also made it possible to establish a spiritual connection between man and God. In order for requests to be heard, it is necessary to carry out a ritual with reading a prayer for the consecration of the icon. Only after this will it turn from a work of art into an image of a shrine.
Opinions differ as to whether the ritual can be performed independently. Many believe that only in church, in a place of prayer, will it gain true power. A holy image purchased in a temple does not need to be consecrated, but if it was purchased in a store, then a ritual must be performed.
Many women do needlework and cross-stitch images themselves; they also need to be blessed. Recently, many departments have appeared selling church utensils, where sellers claim that all goods have undergone the rite of consecration. However, it is better to carry out this procedure again, being present in person.
Previously, icons were single-piece items, but now, due to commerce, anyone can make them
But over time, Orthodoxy in Rus' acquired colossal proportions. The number of believers increased, and the religion itself began to transform. If previously the church served as a place where people communicated with God and with each other, then later they began to pay more attention to paraphernalia.
It's good? Badly? Honestly, it's always better when a person gets to the point. We must live according to religion, and not limit ourselves to the cult of objects.
No, there is nothing wrong with wanting to have an image of a saint with you. On the contrary, it is a way to pray with concentration, plus there is always an example of spirituality before your eyes.
But the whole trouble is when an icon turns into an object of some kind of cult, when a person imagines that possessing it in some way already makes him a pious Christian.
By the 17th century, the demand for icons increased. The masters remained, but it is clear that they were far from able to satisfy the demand for icons among believers.
They were no longer drawn by pious artists, but by people who simply made a living from it.
Then factory icons appeared altogether. So it is not surprising that believers want to return to tradition and purchase not just an image, but a consecrated icon for their home.
Ways to Make Prayer More Effective
Only faith will make the Higher Powers hear requests, and it can be strengthened by constant prayers and visiting church. While at the service, it is necessary to repeat its words during the liturgy. It is best to retire and abandon problems, think that everything is God’s will, because he alone is able to remove all obstacles and protect from adversity.
Only when you are in church can you experience a blissful state, because pure thoughts dwell there, because in church they pray for everyone - both the righteous and the sinners. Therefore, if you read a prayer for the consecration of a thing here, it will have special power, since it will be filled not only with the energy of a person, but also with the energy of the entire Christian egregor.
Even if the icon is not consecrated, it deserves respect
And if the icon is not consecrated, what is it - a trifle? Of course not. Although the Church points out the importance of consecration, even without it the icon remains an image of grace, which for believers is an object of veneration.
In the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, there are cases when unconsecrated icons even streamed myrrh. So what matters is not what rituals we went through to create the image, but how we relate to it.
But at the same time, we should not forget that we do not honor the icon, but the holy man who is depicted on it. And we pray not to him, but to God, we simply ask the saint to join our prayer.
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