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Item description: "LITURGY of Holy Communion" - church old slavonic book. Pages 462, with 1 illustration and some decorative viniettes
Originated: Russian Christian Orthodox
Measurements:
150 x 100 x 15 mmWeigth: 0,1 kg
Condition:
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Item description in Russian: "ЛИТУРГИЯ Святителя Иоанна Златоустаго". Содержит чин литургии, молитвы по святом причащении, Отпусты к праздникам и вседневные на все дни недели. Необходимая книга для всех, регулярно посещающих соборные службы.
Крепкий книжный блок сшитый крепкими нитками, твердая обложка, покрытая дермантином. Прекрасный подарок всем, кого интересует древнее древнее православие. Может быть использована для изучения церковно-славянского языка, богослужебного устава, обучения детей и взрослых Слову Божию, для домашней и соборной молитвы и спасения души.
An Explanation of the Holy Communion: According to the canons of the Holy Church we must partake of the Holy Mysteries not less than once per year. However, our bishops have asked us to increase our frequency of communing to not less than once per fasting period, or four times per year. Fr. Gregory asks that we all make the effort to commune not less than once every four to six weeks at the very least. Waiting longer than four to six weeks allows us to begin to forget our sins (or, alternatively, to become comfortable with these sins as part of our lives), and thus can be spiritually unhealthy. Please note that one may confess more frequently than one communes – the two Mysteries are not always partaken of together. Children should partake of the Holy Mysteries at every given opportunity. Those children who reach the age when they begin to confess (usually about 7 years old) should still commune at every opportunity, although this does take an extra effort on the parents’ part to get them to church early enough to confess.
It is important to partake of Holy Communion regularly, but perhaps even more so it is important to prepare ourselves worthily and properly to receive this great gift of God so important for our salvation. Preparation for Communion should begin at least a week before hand (in that we should conduct our lives in such a way as to avoid anger, judging others, and other sins that so often beset us). In other words, we should be “on our best behavior” as we prepare to receive the Body and Blood of our Lord. In addition to being especially spiritually watchful we should ideally:
· Prepare ourselves for Confession by arranging some quiet time to reflect on our sins and/or reading a pamphlet designed to help prepare us for this Mystery
· Write down the sins we wish to confess or in some other way prepare ourselves to recall these sins when we confess
· Attend the evening service the night before partaking of Communion and confessing before or after that service
· Fast strictly (no meat or dairy products) for three days before partaking of Communion if we do not follow the Holy Church’s fasting guidelines otherwise (this is not to say that we should not follow the fasting rules – we should – but this provision is for those who for some reason do not or cannot follow these rules)
· Those who do follow the Holy Church’s fasting guidelines need not fast strictly for three days before partaking of Holy Communion, but they are likewise not prohibited from this pious practice
· Not eat or drink ANYTHING from the midnight before we partake of Holy Communion
· Read the “Prayers before Holy Communion” found in one’s Prayer Book
· Those who are able should also read the canons to our Lord Jesus Christ, The Theotokos, and the Guardian Angel, as well as an akathist (all found in one’s Prayer Book)
· Following the partaking of Holy Communion thank God most sincerely and listen attentively to the thanksgiving prayers read in church while others who have not communed kiss the cross (those who have communed should kiss the cross after the thanksgiving prayers have been read)
· Spend the remainder of the day on which one receives Holy Communion in pious spiritual pursuits such as spending time with family, visiting the sick, or reading the Bible or other spiritually edifying literature
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