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A church guide — how to pray, the church and its furnishings, the sacraments, explanations.

  1. How to begin≈ 4 min
  2. Archbishop Nicholas≈ 1 min
  3. A rule for a God-pleasing life≈ 5 min

Explanations 18

  1. Holy Scripture≈ 9 min
  2. The Creed≈ 4 min
  3. The Ten Commandments≈ 11 min
  4. The nine Beatitudes≈ 1 min
  5. About the angels≈ 4 min
  6. Grace≈ 7 min
  7. Why do we make the sign of the cross?≈ 2 min
  8. The clergy and their vestments≈ 6 min
  9. What the cross and the icon mean≈ 1 min
  10. How our forebears regarded the clergy≈ 16 min
  11. The guardian angel and the angel's day≈ 3 min
  12. Fasting≈ 4 min
  13. The Church and the offering≈ 8 min
  14. Sakurtkhi≈ 2 min
  15. The prayer rope≈ 1 min
  16. The origin of the prayer rope and the history of its development≈ 15 min
  17. Anathema≈ 1 min
  18. Priest Ilia Chighladze≈ 5 min

The holy mysteries 6

  1. The seven holy mysteries of the Church≈ 4 min
  2. The mystery of Holy Unction≈ 2 min
  3. Holy Communion≈ 2 min
  4. Confession≈ 6 min
  5. Children's confession≈ 6 min
  6. The Great Agiasma≈ 4 min

The church and its furnishings 8

  1. On entering a church≈ 4 min
  2. The history and meaning of the church bell≈ 4 min
  3. The purpose and symbolism of the candle≈ 8 min
  4. The Orthodox church and its arrangement≈ 8 min
  5. Ketevan Abashidze≈ 18 min
  6. Marine Khositashvili≈ 26 min
  7. The Old Testament high-priestly vestments≈ 8 min
  8. The New Testament episcopal vestments≈ 13 min

How to pray 19

  1. Where and when we should pray≈ 4 min
  2. Daily prayers≈ 2 min
  3. The Lord's Prayer≈ 3 min
  4. An explanation of the morning prayers and the prayers before sleep≈ 10 min
  5. A prayer to the saint whose name you bear≈ 1 min
  6. Prayer for the living≈ 1 min
  7. Prayer for the departed≈ 6 min
  8. Prayer is death and resurrection!≈ 5 min
  9. How to set up a prayer corner≈ 12 min
  10. The psalms of the holy prophet David and the meaning of reading them≈ 4 min
  11. The psalms are the work of angels≈ 2 min
  12. The Jesus Prayer≈ 6 min
  13. The akathist≈ 7 min
  14. The order and explanation of the all-night vigil≈ 12 min
  15. The Hours and the order of their reading≈ 1 min
  16. An explanation of the Liturgy≈ 22 min
  17. The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts≈ 2 min
  18. The prosphora≈ 7 min
  19. The liturgical readings, prayers and hymns≈ 5 min

Teachings 5

  1. Resist the devil≈ 6 min
  2. Why people do not find peace and happiness≈ 3 min
  3. “The spiritual father is Christ on earth”≈ 4 min
  4. “The Cross is a great safeguard, given freely to the poor and without labour to the weak!”≈ 4 min
  5. Why do we need a spiritual father?≈ 6 min

Source: Russian and English translation — made for the Kandeli app

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