Each person had to go to church at least once in his life, even if he is an unbeliever person. There are many reasons to the church of such people – participation in the christening or wedding of their loved ones, the funeral service of a deceased relative or even elementary curiosity. But, for no matter what reason the person does not go to church, he must certainly know and observe certain rules of conduct in such an institution. How to behave in church correctly?
First of all, every person needs to know how the church is arranged – it will depend on this where you can go, but where – no. Any temple is divided into 3 parts – bitch, the temple itself and the altar. The first place in which we get into the church is a bitch where divine literature, icons, candles and other church utensils are sold. Sometimes there may even be clothes for clothes. If you move on, then you will get to the temple itself, where worships are held and there are prayers. The altar, as a rule, is fenced off by an iconostasis – the entrance to it for women is prohibited in general, but men can go to the altar only in exceptional cases and by permission of the priest – for example, with baptism. Thus, it becomes clear that ordinary parishioners can be in the narthex and in the temple itself.
For those who are going to visit the church, it will probably be useful to find out that their clothes should also comply with certain rules. Women should be in a church with a head covered – it can be a light scarf, scarf or ordinary headdress. Also, the fair sex should abandon makeup. It is desirable that a woman has a skirt below the knee and jacket or blouse with long sleeves and without a deep cut on her chest.
Men, on the contrary, are strictly prohibited to be in the temple in the headdress. They should not wear a T -shirt or shorts for going to the temple – it is advisable to put on such clothes that would cover the body as much as possible.
Approaching the temple, believers are baptized and bow 3 times 3 times. It is necessary to be baptized with three fingers folded into a handful, and the little finger and ring finger should be pressed to the palm of your hand.
If a worship is held in the temple, then you should behave quietly – do not talk with others and not distract them, do not move around the temple, but choose a convenient place for yourself and stay on it.
Before visiting the church, be sure to turn off your cell phone – after all, in this place, each of us needs to at least temporarily get away from worldly worries.
Remember that no one can turn his back to the altar. Of course, when leaving the temple, you still have to do this, but it is forbidden to perform such an action during a worship or defiantly.
If you want to put candles or write notes with the names of the deceased loved ones, do this not during a worship – it is better to come to the church early and do everything you need, before the service.
You need to know that candles for health and candles for the repose are placed on different candlesticks. Find out the candlelight for candles for the rest is easily by an excellent feature – it has a square shape. You can put a candle with any hand, the main thing is to do it sincerely and with a prayer for who you put it for. If you are not sure that put the candle exactly where you need – do not be shy and consult more experienced parishioners.
If you came to church with children, then make sure that they do not run around the temple, do not make no noise and do not talk loudly. If the child is capricious or crying, it is better to take him from the church for some time and reassure on the street so as not to interfere with the parishioners to pray, and the ministers of the church are worship.