One of the main rites of Christianity is the sacrament of confession. According to the Bible, get to confession, you need seven years to end of life. To avoid errors during this ceremony, must be carefully prepared.

In the Orthodox tradition the icon is a Holy thing. Through sacred images of man focuses on the spiritual, turns in his prayer to the Board and paints, but of the individual depicted in the image. Every Orthodox Christian care to arrange in your home at least a small home iconostasis.

Participation in the Sacrament of Baptism as spiritual parents, a big responsibility to the godchild and to God. Therefore, before accepting the offer to become the godfather with dad, you need to go to the temple for a conversation with a priest.

The eight-pointed star – a symbol that has existed in many different cultures. It was used by the Babylonians, Christians, Egyptians, agnostics, Hindus, Buddhists. It can be seen on national flags and in religious iconography.

Any illness knocks man off balance. The disease is severe, associated with surgical intervention, the more it creates a sense of helplessness in the face of fate, makes appeal for help to God.

The cross of Christ is a great Shrine for the Orthodox and Catholics. However, in the form and image of Christ on the pectoral crucifixes can be traced some differences.

The practice of bathing in the consecrated ice-hole on Epiphany is very widespread in modern Russia. Many people try to follow this tradition, every year coming to the open waters with the aim of dipping in Holy water.

If you want to for a prayer service, Liturgy or memorial service commemorated the names of people dear to you, in advance, write relevant notes and put them in a special box or send to the Church Minister. There are rules of writing such notes to be followed.

One of the reasons of unwillingness to attend the temple are often strict requirements to clothes that exist in the Orthodox Church. In particular, women may be put off by the ban on pants.

In the religions of the world the cross is a symbol of faith, but of types of crosses quite a lot. The most common shape – octagonal. It is believed that on that cross Jesus was crucified.

About the icon of the blessed Staritsa Matrona of Moscow is legendary. Its miracles has been repeatedly confirmed by a large number of people who received assistance Matrons in many difficult situations. To worship this Russian a Saint in many churches of Moscow, where its particles and icons depicting her.

Many parents take an important decision in your life, when you bring the child to the temple for the last sacraments of Holy baptism. In the Orthodox tradition there is a practice of selecting godparents to babies, so it can stand quite a logical question about who it is advisable to choose in the "spiritual parents" to the child.

With negative mood, angry and jealous people have to face often. To be protected from their impact by using Orthodox prayers. The most important thing – not to respond with anger and not curse the offenders.

The religious duty of every Orthodox person is the memory of deceased relatives and friends. In a special memorial days, people tend to visit graves of those who have departed into eternity. An Orthodox person must know few rules of behavior at the cemetery.

In our state, where the separation of Church and state, parents can give their children any names. Besides, Russia is a country of many religions and most of the national names have become generally accepted. But what if you named the baby the name by which it is impossible to baptize according to the custom of the Russian Orthodox Church.

A fundamental aspect for the person who wants to accept the Orthodox baptism, is the belief in one God. This faith must imply at least the basic idea, what a personal God I believe Orthodox people. Unfortunately, many who come to the sacrament of Holy baptism, cannot answer this question.

In atheistic times Bender said that religion is the opium of the people. Times change, people and customs change. Today to talk about religion openly, not made to feel ashamed of his religion. It happens that person wants to change faith. This can happen for various reasons – marriage with people of other faiths, inner feelings and beliefs. Very often the question "how to change their faith" are specified people who have read the teachings of other religions and compare dogma.

Islam, which means in Arabic "submission", "submission", is one of the most widespread world religions. Believers who practice Islam are called Muslims. They believe in one God – Allah, who revealed his will to men through a messenger (prophet) Mohammed, resident of the Arabian Peninsula. In one of the Muslim prayers and said: "there is No God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet." The Holy book of Muslims is Qur'an and pray in Arabic.

"And the dust returns to the earth from whence he came. And leave the Spirit to the Creator Who gave it." It's just what about life after death in the Bible. In fact, every religion has their own guesses about what happens to man after his physical death.

Some deeply religious people often choose the path of monashestvo. However, to become a monk is not so simple – for this you need to undergo a series of certain steps on the top of which is the status of hermit.

Marital happiness bypasses, the perfect partner is not, and the years go by and all girlfriends long married. It is time to seek the assistance of a patron Saint. What icon to put a candle and ask for marriage.

The death of a loved always be surprised even if this man hard and long it was sick. To prepare mentally for this simply impossible. And at the same time, if the trouble still came to the house, close relatives should pull myself together and prepare everything in order to organize the funeralof the deceased s at a decent level. Be sure to observe all rituals to organize the farewell to the deceased, burial, funeral.

The Christian life is a long and difficult path of spiritual growth, and the first step becomes the sacrament of Baptism. In today's world many people are baptized as infants, and parents have to address a number of issues, including how to choose a crucifix for the child.

The procession is a crowded procession of the clergy and the faithful, which goes from temple to temple, goes around the Church or goes to the pond to make a water ritual. During the procession there are always processional cross, banners (banners with the face of Jesus Christ, the gospel, icons.

In the Christian tradition, before an important journey, it is necessary to ask not only the blessing of the priest, but to pray that the Lord saved person during the trip. There are certain prayers that use before you start your journey.

Islam (or Islam) is the youngest of all world religions, in Arabic, means "submission to the will of God." The Muslims there are many customs and traditions governing everyday domestic sphere of human life.

In the life of almost each person once the time comes when he thinks about the meaning of life, perfect things, about good and evil, of the salvation of his soul after death. The need to visit a temple, a confession and a participle, it becomes sharp. But not all know how to confess and take communion.

Gone are the days when any sign of belonging to the Christian Church, including wearing a crucifix, could entail serious implications, in the best case, ridicule. Wearing a cross today, none are forbidden. Another question arises: do I need to do?

In today's world psychics enjoy great success and attention from people. About the person possessing mystical abilities, can shoot movies, release! In many cities organized the techniques of the psychics, at which the latter are trying to help people