From our article you will learn how to independently perform the ceremony of consecrating your home, car and workplace with holy water.
We all know that our thoughts, with a strong desire, can materialize into reality. The most unpleasant thing is that this applies to both our dreams and our worries. It has long been proven that if a person is afraid of some kind of disease, then sooner or later he will develop it. In addition, anger, envy and swearing have a negative effect on a person.
If there is a lot of negative energy in the house in which a family lives, then it will inevitably begin to poison people’s lives. That is why it is extremely important to clear the space around you of negativity several times a year. You can carry out the cleansing ritual with the help of Epiphany water and a church candle.
How to clean an apartment or house from negativity with a candle and holy water yourself?
Cleansing the living space with a candle flame
- As mentioned at the beginning of our article, negative energy can destroy the well-being of the strongest family, so if you begin to notice that the cat has stopped coming into the house or your indoor flowers have begun to fade for no reason, then it’s time to cleanse your home of negativity. It is best to use water blessed for the Epiphany for these purposes.
- It is believed that she is the one who is able to remove all the negativity present in the house, thereby returning peace and well-being to the household. But in order for the ritual to really help you, you need to properly prepare for it. To begin with, you must clean the apartment as thoroughly as possible. Throw out all old things from your home, remove dust from all surfaces, change all bedding if possible, hang clean towels in the bathroom and wash the floors.
- Pay special attention to the front door. It also needs to be washed thoroughly, and then immediately sprinkled with holy water. This way you will seal the entrance to your home and prevent bad energy from entering it. After this, go to the bath, swim and change into clean clothes. Then stand in front of the icons, cross yourself and read the Lord’s Prayer. When this is finished, proceed directly to the cleansing ritual.
- Light a candle and slowly walk through all the rooms of your house. If during the cleansing process you see that in some place the flame is behaving very restlessly, stop there and cross it three times with a church candle. If after this the flame fluctuates greatly, repeat the procedure again. Usually after the second time the negative energy disappears. Yes, and if during the cleansing someone starts knocking on your door, do not answer and do not let the person come into the house. It is likely that this is the person who is harming you and your family.
- After the entire house has been walked around, take Epiphany water and, using wheat ears, spray all the walls of the house, paying special attention to the corners. Be sure to open all the cabinets and bedside tables and also baptize them with holy water. After this is finished, kneel again in front of the icons and ask the Almighty for grace.
How to properly sanctify and clean an office, office, workplace, or any room?
Rules for blessing an office
- As a rule, there is always a lot of negative energy in a person’s workplace. After all, no matter how friendly the team is, all people come to work in different moods. Most often, they bring home problems and troubles with them. All this negativity tends to accumulate and begin to cause discord between colleagues. For this reason, it will be better if you try to consecrate your office, workplace or even the office where you work.
- But remember, this ritual must also be carried out in a clean room. Therefore, either ask the maintenance staff to clean up in advance, or do the cleaning together with your colleagues. The last option will be preferable for you, since with such actions you will begin to leave positive energy in the room even without cleansing. When everything is cleaned, take the holy water, and starting from the east side of the room, move through all the rooms of the office.
- Spray walls, furniture and ceilings with water, not forgetting to additionally place crosses on windows and doors. This whole process should be accompanied by the Lord's Prayer or simply a sincere request for a blessing. When the consecration ceremony is completed, close all doors tightly and wait for the holy water to dry completely. While this process continues, your workplace will continue to be filled with good energy without your participation.
- Yes, if you want the effect of this ritual to not go away, then don’t be lazy and perform it once a month. To do this, simply stock up on church water and keep it in a glass container, if possible also blessed. This way the water will not lose its life-giving properties for as long as possible.
How to properly sanctify and clean a store for a good trade in holy water?
Consecration of the store by the priest
- If you want your business to flourish, then be sure to consecrate the store premises in which goods will be sold. It is advisable to do this before opening. This way you will not only rid the room of negative energy, but also create a blockage to the entry of negativity. So, the first thing you should do is put all the goods on the shelves. All things should be neatly laid out (down to the smallest leaf), empty boxes should be thrown away, and the floors should be washed.
- Pay special attention to the floors. If you want people who come to not leave you their negativity, then take some well water, dilute salt in it and add a couple of drops of Epiphany water, and wash the entire floor surface with the resulting solution. When the floors are washed, take the holy water and walk around the room in a circle, placing crosses of the holy liquid on all surfaces, including the product.
- After this, light the church candle, place it in the center of the room and wait until it burns out completely. While the candle is burning, read the Our Father or pray to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Ask that no one distracts you at this moment; you should focus solely on prayer and your desire to be a successful person.
- Once the candle melts, collect the remains and throw them out of the store. Then take dry sage and wormwood and, also walking in a circle, fumigate the entire room with them. This will help enhance the effect of holy water and prevent negative energy from entering your store from the street.
How to properly sanctify and clean a car with holy water?
Blessing of the car
- Since we live in a very rapidly developing world, a car is not a luxury for us, but a means of transportation that helps us cope with all tasks and problems as quickly as possible. Due to the fact that we spend a lot of time stuck in traffic jams, the car gradually becomes filled with anger and irritation of drivers and their passengers.
- Therefore, if you do not want all this negativity to begin to affect you, then be sure to clean and consecrate your machine. There are two ways to bless your car. If you don’t know how to do this correctly, then just go to the church you go to with your family, make a small donation to the temple and ask the priest to perform the necessary ritual.
- In this case, you will need to open all the windows, doors and hood and wait until the holy person does everything according to church rules. If you want to do everything yourself, then buy three small icons from the church, for example, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Mother of God and Jesus Christ. Bring them home, tune in to the right mood and, taking holy water with you, go off to perform the ceremony.
- It is best to do it on Sunday after morning service. Sit inside the car, attach the purchased icons and start reading the Lord's Prayer. While reading, spray the seats, steering wheel, mirrors and all panels with water. When everything inside is consecrated, do the same steps outside. Then go back inside the car and, without sprinkling, simply pray in front of the icons.
- Yes, and don’t forget to always have God’s blessing with you, never swear in the car or park it in the wrong places. If negative energy is present in your car at least occasionally, the effect of the rite of consecration and purification will disappear very quickly.
Is it necessary to perform a ritual at all?
Often the home is sanctified before moving in, so that new residents enter into an atmosphere of holiness, purity and God's blessing. During the ritual, special grace descends on the house, ensuring a calm, peaceful and prosperous life in it, spiritually healing and blessing people for righteous deeds, protecting them from everything bad and introducing them to faith.
The source of negative energy is people, their thoughts and actions, aggression, anger, revenge, passion for the occult and superstitions, and negative information received through the media. Therefore, in any home it would not be superfluous to have consecration or at least regular sprinkling with holy water, which you can do yourself.
Signs that a home needs cleansing and blessing:
- something often breaks or breaks in it;
- healthy plants die and animals do not take root;
- it is impossible to concentrate on the task at hand even in complete solitude and silence;
- people often get sick, and especially children;
- there are parasites (mice, cockroaches, ants);
- conflict situations and fights constantly occur;
- paranormal phenomena are observed (extraneous sounds are present, objects are moving, etc.);
- there is no feeling of comfort, coziness, security in your own home, there is an inexplicable fear.
How to sprinkle corners in an apartment, house, or room with holy water for cleansing?
Recommendations for cleaning corners with holy water
- Holy water has a positive effect only if it is used correctly. She doesn't like anger, envy and shouting. All this has a very negative effect on its structure, gradually turning it into an ordinary liquid. Therefore, if you want it to really clean the premises, then at least in the place where it stands, try to maintain a peaceful atmosphere. You need to start cleaning the corners in your home from the red corner. First, put yourself and your thoughts in order.
- Then kneel in front of the icons, bend as low as possible and ask them for help. If you wish, you can read the prayer to the “Life-Giving Cross.” Then pour the holy water into a clean porcelain bowl, and scooping some liquid from it, sprinkle the icons. While doing this, say the following words: In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen . After that, proceed clockwise to the next corner. Stand opposite him and, having completely calmed down, begin to sprinkle the corner in a cross shape.
- Start sprinkling from the lowest point, gradually moving upward. Once you're done with that corner, move on to the next one and clean it using the same method as the previous one. When you return to the red corner, kneel again and read the prayer to the Holy Martyr Basil. Then leave the room and let the holy water perform its divine miracle.
Is it true that Epiphany water does not spoil, and where can Epiphany water be poured?
As a rule, holy water does not spoil. But if suddenly natural processes of decomposition of some organisms begin in holy water, this does not mean that the water is not holy.
If, nevertheless, the baptismal water has spoiled, then, according to custom, it must be poured into some “untrodden place.” This is either a special place at the temple, where holy water is drained if necessary, or a river. You can pour it on the lawn or under a tree. We should not pour holy water down the drain because symbolic actions have meanings for our soul.
Prayer for the consecration of an apartment, house, car with holy water
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- We all know that Christian prayer can work miracles. Therefore, if you want to enhance the effect of holy water, then accompany the process of consecrating an apartment or house with a specific prayer. This will help you protect yourself as best as possible from evil looks, words and actions. You can read such prayers either directly over the water or while you sprinkle it on the walls.
- When you do this, it doesn’t matter at all, the main thing is that at this moment your thoughts are pure and your soul is tuned to dialogue with God. In addition, always remember that at home, as well as in church, a woman should read prayers with her head covered. Therefore, before you begin the ceremony, be sure to tie a scarf on your head and wear a cross. As soon as you are ready, begin to say the words of the prayer in a low voice.
- Do not rush under any circumstances, do everything without unnecessary fuss and without the slightest doubt. Try to ensure that all your words are pronounced clearly enough and, most importantly, sincerely. You need to read prayers over water at least 3 times. There is an opinion that this is the only way God can hear the request of the one asking.
When does the blessing of water take place?
In churches, the great consecration of water takes place on Epiphany Eve - on the morning of January 18, and on the feast of Epiphany itself - on the morning of January 19.
The water-blessing holiday prayer service on both January 18 and 19 begins immediately after the Liturgy (in the morning) - in a church or on the street, on a reservoir near a specially constructed ice hole, which is called the “Jordan”.
During the procession to the place of consecration, incense is performed and special troparia are sung, revealing the meaning of the Baptism of Christ, and the connection between this event and the consecration of water.
Prayers for the illumination of water speak of giving it various grace-filled gifts, as well as help and enlightenment of those who collect it for drinking, sprinkling, and consecrating houses.
Water blessed on January 18, Epiphany Eve, and January 19, the feast of Epiphany itself, has exactly the same properties and power.
The great consecration of water takes place only twice a year - on January 18 and 19 - on the eve of and on the feast of Epiphany itself. It should not be confused with the minor consecration of water at water-blessing prayers, which are served throughout the year on certain days, as well as at the request of believers.
