Consecration or illumination
A prayer request for entering a new home does not replace the rite of consecration of the home. Many people ask the question: why is a home consecrated at all, what is so important about this ritual. Please note that the concepts of “sanctification” and “illumination” are different. In the first option, this is a ceremony performed by a priest, and the second process is carried out by an electrician. However, the essence of their actions is somewhat similar.
Only the priest pray for the invisible, but perceptible light of the home, when the room takes on the quality of a cozy home, and the electrician provides electric light. Prayer for entering a new home is not just a recommended Orthodox ritual, it is a necessary action for cleansing and forming a positive space.
What to do if circumstances do not allow the consecration to be carried out immediately, then the Orthodox prayer for entering a new home will be a sufficient start for moving. Prayer is needed so that the atmosphere of the home is saturated with warmth and comfort. After all, in the beginning, there was the Word.
This means that the words of sincere prayers are a living “tool” with the help of which, through the Lord and His helpers, you can change the space around you and change yourself. Therefore, the tradition of being the first to let a cat into the house should still be secondary.
Ancient traditions of moving to a new home
Our ancestors firmly believed in the power of folk signs and rites of entry into a new home. They tried to follow them so that life in the new home would be happy and well-fed.
Let's list some of them. Follow these for your well-being when you move into a home:
- When a cat enters the house , it should not be brought there by force, carried in your arms or pushed. To make the process of passing through the threshold go smoothly, throw some treat through it that will interest the animal.
- The oldest member of the family crossed the threshold of the home first , then they moved in order, ending with the youngest.
- The one who enters the house first should have a potted plant in his hands . It is carried at arm's length so that it has time to absorb the bad energy of the house, if it is present there. Then it is thrown away. In summer, you can replace your home flower with a bunch of wormwood. This will have an even greater effect.
- They cross the threshold very carefully so as not to stumble - then life will be smooth and without interference.
- When they step onto the floor of a new house for the first time, they only think about good things . Then they make their deepest wish.
- Having crossed the threshold, the youngest member of the family must put three coins under it (nearby) . It's very good if it's a small child. As the child grows, the well-being of the family will also grow - they will live well.
After all household members enter the apartment, the hostess must pour blessed salt outside the door. This will be good protection from evil entities and negative energy. After this, the “Our Father” prayer is said at the established place of residence.
Most people follow rituals when moving. Some perform them the way their fathers and grandfathers taught them. Others do not perform the rituals to enter a new home, considering it annoying nonsense.
Prayer and a new home
Let's consider the main variants of the concept of “new home”. This could be housing:
- where we are the first owners;
- when we purchase an apartment or a house from other owners;
- removable;
- when you have to move frequently.
The Orthodox prayer for entering a new home is “applicable” to each of these options.
The first option is simpler by definition, the housing was not inhabited by anyone, no events took place in it, that is, from the point of view of the energy component, it can be considered conditionally “clean”. Conventionally, because at least someone built it.
Even scientists have already proven that a person is able to “charge” everything he does not only with actions, but also with thoughts. Energy exchange during the interaction of a person and an object, a person and a person, a person and nature occurs in any case. The question arises: what quality is this energy and how to determine it.
The construction process is quite an important point. You can watch video materials about this. Today, and during the Soviet period, a huge number of buildings have been built in places where it is absolutely impossible to build in places from an energy point of view. Such places are called geological faults. Therefore, when we come into a room, be it an apartment, a house, an office, a cafe, we can feel positive or negative feelings.
We want to be in one room and return there, and from another, with visible cleanliness, we want to leave quickly. In this case, a prayer for entering a new house or apartment will also be appropriate. Especially when we don’t know exactly who lives there. This may be related to your place of work: you are a meter indicator controller, or you serve or work in organizations where, due to the nature of your work, you need to visit homes.
It happens that outwardly, the home looks quite wealthy, but at the same time it is uncomfortable and cold, and vice versa, modest, neat decoration in the house is conducive to warm communication. The secret of such premises lies in the owners. How they communicate with each other, what they love, as a rule, a feeling of warmth is caused by houses where real Orthodox Christians live. These houses are imbued with prayers.
It doesn’t matter whether people pray in Russian or any other language. What matters is the inner purity of a person. Boris Grebenshchikov sang: he who is bright is holy. This phrase is the key to understanding what the “inner light” of the human soul is.
An option in which circumstances require frequent moving is a good practice for an Orthodox Christian. Housing, as a rule, has not had a single owner, therefore, the history of such a house preserves not only the positive moments of the life of the previous owners, but also not only the negative ones. Of course, if this housing is not completely from people leading a disgusting lifestyle.
Prayer for entering a new home will serve as a wonderful “means” of a kind of “spiritual disinfection.” A lot of evidence that is related to moving to a new place of residence. They are not always happy. This confirms the importance of the energy component.
But do not descend to the level of a magical attitude towards prayer, this can only increase negative feelings. Pay attention to prayer, learn how to do it so that it is pleasing to God.
The procedure for carrying out ceremonies when moving
Try to find out the signs, rules and rituals for moving to a new apartment in advance so as not to forget anything. Write down the text of the prayer in advance for good luck in your new place of residence.
Make a plan for the rituals. Moving takes a lot of effort and time. But if you want to live happily ever after in a new place, it is better to devote a little time to household magic.
Transporting your brownie to another city is a very important step when moving. After preparing the treat, place it at the bottom of an empty box or suitcase and say the following words:
When you reach a new place, you need to perform a rite of entry into your new home. Let the cat into the apartment in front of you. This is an old sign, rooted in ancient times. A cat has 9 lives, so if she takes on all the negativity of her new home, then nothing will happen to her.
The cat should be the first to enter the new apartment.
When the cat has already gone to sniff all the corners and get acquainted with the new shelter, cross the threshold and immediately open the “brownie house” in which you brought him. When opening it, say:
After this, begin cleaning your new home. You should have two new brooms ready. One needs to sweep out all the trash left by the previous residents. When looking around the apartment, pay attention to whether there are abandoned small coins, needles or old dolls in the corner. If there are such things, they need to be removed without touching them with your hands.
Then the floors are washed, adding holy water. The broom and floor rag are thrown away. They keep the second broom for themselves and place it near the threshold with the whisk facing up. Let it stand like this for three days.
Take a lit church candle in your hands and walk around the entire apartment clockwise, starting from the entrance. It should be a vicious circle. Corners, doorways and windows are baptized with candles. While making your rounds, read the housewarming prayer “Our Father.” Then, read the prayer at your new place of residence, walking around again in a circle with holy water:
You need to sprinkle the corners of the apartment with charmed salt.
After this, they make a third round of the home in a circle. Places at the threshold, near walls, in corners, near windows are sprinkled with blessed salt. During these actions, a prayer is said to help with the move:
How to pray correctly
The text of the prayer can be in Church Slavonic, or even in a foreign language. If convenient, pray in Russian. The text becomes a prayer not when it is read, but with a sincere desire for God himself to sanctify the home or place where we find ourselves, even for a short time. In this case, prayer will be like an invisible “flashlight” in an unfamiliar place.
A prayer for entering a house in the event of purchasing housing from previous residents will serve as protection against the negative accumulation that is present in almost all houses. The reason is simple - a person’s lifestyle always leaves a mark in space. And it does not always correspond not only to God’s law, but also to human moral standards of life.
This is already a serious reason to figure out how to read the prayer correctly. If a family moves to a new house, you need to name all permanent residents. The priest will do the same when consecrating the home, consolidating the prayer arrangement you have begun at home, so it is important to invite the priest to perform this requirement.
An Orthodox program dedicated to this topic on television or radio also tells how to read prayers. You can ask the question directly to the priest. This also allows you to create Internet resources. Thank God, the idea of a priest is changing today, for those who really want to be with the Lord. The Orthodox clergy actively uses modern communications to communicate with their flock.
You can download the necessary prayers to mobile communications. This is quite convenient for practicing Christians serving God, the priests themselves. Therefore, today the image of a modern priest, in whom the inventions of representatives of the lower worlds are in the service of the Lord, is a fairly common occurrence.
The answer to the question: how to correctly read the prayer for entering a new home is the same as for any prayer - with love, with the desire for the Lord to be personally present and help in this action. Of course, for this, an Orthodox Christian has “attributes” - icons, candles, incense. You can even periodically use bell ringing; audio recordings will help with this.
In order for the home environment to be conducive to returning home and for all residents to have a feeling of home, prayer should be like oxygen. Of course, these recommendations work the same way under ideal circumstances: when none of the household members oppose God, do not interfere with their internal state, and want to develop spiritually. Learning to live in God, according to the Gospel, is the maximum task.
But any maximum tasks begin to be solved with small steps. Regardless of whether these tasks relate to everyday or spiritual issues. The methodology is the same. The main thing is to have a clear internal definition of what we are doing and why. If this state exists, then awareness appears.
Trust God, even though He loves us unconditionally, we cannot “boast” of this level of relationship with Him. But by His will the most incredible stories of our lives are accomplished - what is impossible for man is possible with God.
Ritual for moving to a new home
Before you move out of your apartment, you also need to follow some old rules. When packing, throw away anything that is broken, cracked or no longer needed. Try to get rid of old clutter, packing only the most necessary things. You cannot take worn out shoes or clothes with holes into your new apartment.
Take special care to pack family heirlooms, which are guardians of the hearth and hearth. It is very important that they are not damaged on the road, but arrive at their destination intact and safe.
You need to put sweets for the brownie in an empty suitcase
Bow down to your old home, even if you went through difficult days or grief in it. Then take a small empty suitcase and put candy and cookies in it. Invite your brownie there to go with you.
After this, go around the old home with a candle in your hand to put up protection against future residents. Say these words:
Very often, new residents begin to angrily curse those people who lived before them. They may not like the faucet in the bathtub or the wallpaper in the bedroom. Or maybe they will simply regret for some reason that they moved to this apartment.
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Three saints: John Chrysostom, Basil the Great and Gregory the Theologian
