Church oil is a necessary attribute. church incense

wood oil

Alternative descriptions

Oil used in Christian rites

A fragrant oil used in Christian rites

Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983)

Spanish writer (1879-1930, "The Leper Bishop")

. "Tears" icons

. (mvro) cf. fragrant oil, odorous oil or fragrant oily substance. church value boiled wooden oil, with red wine and incense, consecrated on the Great Thursday, to perform the sacrament of chrismation. They are everywhere (priests all) smeared with one world. He is covered with the world (i.e., anointed), he will sleep with the world. The Rogozhites brewed myrrh in a samovar, a legend about the Moscow Rogozhsky schismatics, with which they are teased. Peaceful, pertaining to the world. Mirnitsa church vessel for storage of St. peace. To anoint someone, to anoint with peace. -Xia, be anointed. Mirirovanie cf. action by value vb. - jam cf. making the church world; -varny, related to this; mirovar, -varnik, -varets m. who prepares myrrh. - stink cf. the smell of the world; -outy, fragrant with the world. - wearable, related to wearing, the content of the world. Myrrhbearer m. one of St. women who brought ointment to anoint Jesus Christ in the tomb. -tsyn, belonging to one of them. Myrrh-bearing week, following St. Thomas, the second after Easter. -positive the repository of the world. Chrismation cf. Church sacrament, performed through the anointing of St. the world; the rite of decree, consecration of the Russian tsars, why our crowned tsars and queens are called our anointed and anointed women; -nikov, -nitsyn, belonging to them; -nic, pertaining to them. To anoint, to name someone, to perform the rite of chrismation. World seller m. -vitsa w. selling fragrant oils. Myrrh-streaming, to exude myrrh from oneself: it is said about myrrh-streaming relics; myrrh-streamer, saint, from whose relics myrrh flow (myrrh flow) occurs. Mirohanie, incense of the world; miroukhanny, fragrant, odorous like myrrh. - keeper, keeper

Joan (1893-1983) Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, author of the painting "Woman and bird in the moonlight"

fragrant oil

Godly Oil

They cry holy faces

Spanish sculptor, painter of the 20th century, surrealist, author of the paintings "Woman and Bird in the Moonlight", "Bottle of Wine", "Harlequin Carnival"

Spanish surrealist painter

Oil in the temple

Oil in the church

Oil dripping from icon

Oil dripping from the icon

ritual oil

Oil leak on the icon

Cause of smudges on the icon

Joan (1893-1983) Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, author of the painting "Woman and Bird in the Moonlight"

Spanish sculptor, painter of the 20th century, surrealist, author of the paintings "Woman and Bird in the Moonlight", "Bottle of Wine", "Harlequin Carnival"

Olive-based fragrant oil used in Christian church ceremonies

. "tears" icons

Wooden oil with red wine and incense, used in church ceremonies

Anointing oil

Incense for anointing

Oil needed in the temple

The following types of incense are used in temples:

oil- oil (usually olive) for anointing during the Sacrament of Unction.

Miro- aromatic oil with the addition of fragrant herbs.

Myrrh (myrrh)- hardened resin of the bark of a tree of the Burser family.

Incense cured resin of the Boswellia tree.

There is a separate article about incense. This article will focus on aromatic oils.

Types of church oils

All fragrances from the church shop have a pleasant persistent, but unobtrusive smell. The fragrances are so harmonious that they not only do not distract from important thoughts, but also do not violate someone else's personal space.

There are fragrances with floral names, as if the manufacturers remind us of the diversity of our flora: Lily of the Valley, Gardenia, Lime Blossom. There are fragrances with the names of holy places: "Byzantium", "Athos", "Jerusalem". The names of the oils also mention the church holidays "Trinity", "Christmas", "Easter". There are smells with “fantasy” names such as “Paradise Bouquet”, etc.

Priest Evgeny Stupitsky:

“Orthodoxy is sympathetic to the use of spirits. It all depends on the purpose for which you will use this perfume. It's one thing to seduce and attract another individual of the opposite sex, it's another thing to exude a delicate aroma to be pleasant for your beloved spouse. And this is your choice: to become an object of temptation, using perfume, or not. Become an opponent of God, or be with Him together ... "

"Linden Blossom" exudes a honey smell of linden;

"Lily of the valley" - has a typical smell of May lily of the valley. It is very similar to the famous Silver Lily of the Valley perfume from the Novaya Zarya factory;

"Strawberry" smells like fragrant wild berries;

"Byzantium" wraps in warm incense smoke;

"Altai" oil with a herbal-balsamic accent;

"Needle" has a woody-resinous aroma.

Application

Like perfume on the skin

If incense is used as a perfume, then it is applied to the "pulse points" - behind the ears, neck, wrists. It should be remembered that the oil is consecrated and therefore it cannot be used for worldly purposes.

Fortunately, the clergy are tolerant of the aromas on the parishioners.

Archpriest Vyacheslav Bregeda:

“The Scriptures say, “the Sabbath is for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” So the rules are for the man, and not the man for the rules. As for spirits, here you should not get hung up on the fact that this is such a terrible sin. Even in the Holy Scriptures it is written, “that if we fast, then we did not seem to be fasting, on the contrary, anoint your body”, so that there is no feeling that you are in such despondency. That is, even the Holy Scriptures say that a person should take care of his appearance, look good and beautiful, not be somehow obsessed ... "

In lamp oil or on icons

In church shops, candlesticks also mention such a method as sprinkling icons with this fragrant oil, as well as adding it to lamp oil to aromatize rooms.

How to choose and light a lamp read in the article.

With a prayer for sore spots

Some grandmothers add oil to holy water, but most likely it is not recommended to do this, since the oil, although natural, is still not a medicine for oral administration.

as oil

Oil is called olive oil, and now any vegetable oil that is used in Orthodox church life. The clergy anoint the parishioners of the church with it at morning and evening services.

It is possible to use church incense at home during prayer to prepare your thoughts and feelings for turning to God. If church oil is used as oil, then it should be applied to the body crosswise with reverence and prayer (preferably: "Our Father..."). The oil must be applied with clean hands or with a cotton swab.

In aroma lamps

Many people use oils in aroma lamps to create a “cosiness and warmth” aroma at home.

Archimandrite Alipiy (Svetlichny):

“The Church has not usurped the right to own certain smells. People can also light lamps and burn incense in their homes so that the whole family can tune in to prayer, because the family is a small Church. And if one of the perfumers uses in their works the smells of incense and other aromas that we hear in the Church, then there is nothing wrong with that. Not the smells themselves are endowed with a sacred meaning, but in what conditions and for what they are used ... "

An aroma lamp is a clay or ceramic vessel with a bowl - an aroma burner and with a recess under it for a candle. Water is poured into the bowl, to which a few drops of aromatic oil are added. Incense should not be used without water, as the oil can simply catch fire under the influence of an open flame.

A candle is used household paraffin or stearic. Then it is not so easy to remove such a melted candle, but you can pre-lubricate the “window” for the candle with petroleum jelly and, when the candle melts and hardens, it is easy to remove it.

Our store sells church incense from Russia and Greece. Contains only trunnion components. Incense consecrated.

church oil

Alternative descriptions

Olive oil used in ecclesiastical use

That which soothes, heals the pain of the soul

Exaggerated courtesy, sugary sweetness in speech, in address

Aromatic substance used in church ceremonies

Oil for lamps and sacred sacraments

The oil the church has its eye on

Olive oil, which is used in church ceremonies

Saccharine praise, fawning (ironic)

Service oil (church)

That which soothes, pleases (figurative meaning)

sweetness

Low grade olive oil

wood oil

Orthodox oil

Olive oil in the church

Godly Oil

Church olive oil

Unction Oil

Smoothie oil

Olive oil

ritual oil

ritual oil

Balm for the soul

Oil in the censer

Ceremonial oil

Anointing oil

Olive oil

Church's Favorite Oil

Butter from cream

Butter in the hands of the butt

Olive oil for dad

Church Anointing Oil

. "service" oil

Olive ecclesiastical oil

Oil in a church service

Oil in the service of the church

Mystery Oil

. "holy" oil

Oil for toadying

Oil in the service of the church

Oil in church ceremonies

Olive oil at the temple

Church olive oil

Olive oil for the Greeks

Olive oil for the ancient Greeks

. "holy" oil of the flatterer

It is poured by a smoothie

Chief's Ear Oil

Oil in the hands of the father

Olive oil used in church ceremonies (for anointing, unction and lithium)

. "Holy" oil of the flatterer

. "holy" oil

. "Service" oil

M. church. lat. and German. olive, wood oil. Holy oil, consecrated according to the rites of the church, for anointing Christians on various occasions. Cal. lean hemp oil; dialect and olei m. oliya zh. little Russian The truth of the oil, pops up everywhere. The permission of wine and oil, the days on which the charter of the monastery allows the monks this food. Unctuous, related to oil. Unctuous pod or bitch, used. when anointed with oil. Eleinik, - Nichek Kaluga. hard. a lamp for an icon, a kivot. Anointing with oil, anointing whom, church. smear St. oil, making on the forehead the image of the cross. -Xia, to be anointed with oil. Unction cf. this action. Sanctify whom, church. consecrate St. oil, oil. -Xia, to be sobored. Unction cf. the sacrament of the Church, performed by seven priests, and, if necessary, by one, over the sick; consecration with oil. Oily or oily gas, chemical. carbon, dihydrogen

. "sweet" oil of the church

Church vegetable oil

. "Sweet" Church Oil

The church ceremony of lighting candles and lamps is very ancient. Christians always had a fire before the Gospel, not for the convenience of reading, but as the personification of unity with the heavenly powers, as a particle of the eternal fire of Jesus Christ.

Lighting a candle in front of the icon is a tribute to love and respect for the Lord. In the residential buildings of Tsarist Russia, icon lamps were always burning in front of the faces of saints or rich icon cases, which were a special lamp - church oil was poured into it. This name from the 5th century BC meant a flammable liquid obtained from olive trees. Its second name is oil. For thousands of years, the oil from the fruit of this tree alone has been used for the needs of the church. It is environmentally friendly, burns without residue, without forming tar. Of course, one of the main purposes of a burning lamp is to purify the air from filth. But the oil, which has strong healing properties, can also kill germs.

Scents of Church Oil

As a rule, aromas are present in oil. About himself and about the fragrant healing herbs filling him as the best gift, it was said in the Bible. There is a specially recommended set of herbs added to fir trees for smell. Church oil, that is, olive oil, is of the highest standard - Provencal - and more common, known as "wood". The icon lamp is a lamp with a floating wick; most bowls have a partition to fix it. The number of sayings, poems and synonyms for this word speaks about its meaning in Russian life - oleinik, zhirnik, kaganets, lamplighter. To light a lamp is literally and figuratively to turn the soul to God. Putting it out means finishing the job. So the church oil itself, or oil, was overgrown with proverbs, sayings and legends about its miraculousness.

The Importance of Oil in the Mystery of the Anointing

Church oil is used not only for lighting lamps. One of its most important functions is anointing, the greatest Sacrament of Catholicism and Orthodoxy, a sign of the transfer of God's grace to the person over whom this rite is performed. Oil is part of the Holy Myrrh - a product necessary for chrismation, in which, in addition to the church oil itself, there are from 34 to 74 elements. Due to the antiquity of the rite, the origin of some of the ingredients is already unknown, however, in Orthodox churches, when making Chrism, clergy try to deviate minimally from divine recipes. The church oil itself is always supplemented with a number of traditional incense - myrrh, sandalwood and frankincense (the resins of trees that have been growing on the Arabian Peninsula since ancient times), nard - the roots of plants of the valerian family (he was mentioned in his Song by Solomon), rose and other fragrant substances. The smell when burning lamp oil is simply divine! The communion of a new person to the Church begins with the Sacrament of Baptism and ends with the Sacrament of Confirmation. Thus, oil in the church rite plays a dominant role.

Modern substitutes

In the Soviet Union during the years of atheism, expensive olive oil for church needs was completely discontinued from the countries where these trees grow. The clergy were forced to use some substitutes that had passed the rite of consecration. Now this problem has been completely removed, but another one has arisen - modern surrogates are persistently offered. The main one is vaseline oil, "liquid paraffin". In some respects, it surpasses church oil - oil of divine origin. However, its effect in the combustion process is not fully understood. In the rites of Orthodoxy, vaseline oil is often used, although this violates cult canons. It is strictly forbidden to use poor quality technical oil to light lamps, because this is associated with a threat to the health of believers.