Prot. Evgeny Popov
Refusal of any assistance or assistance in the case of the conversion of a non-believer or schismatic 41
Non-Acceptance of Possible Participation in an Orthodox Missionary Society or in a Christian Brotherhood 41
Direct Opposition to the Baptism or Joining of Whom, and to the Orthodox Mission in General
The Vain Refusal to Be the Receiver of Someone from the Font 43
On the Glorification of the Name of God in Church Services 43
Indignation of the Spirit in Yourself or in Others Before Going to Church 43
The Proud Entry into the Church of God and the Same Departure from It 44
Late Coming to Church or Leaving It Early 45
Idle Conversations in Church During the Service 46
Attention Bored for Service 46
Disorderly Reading or Singing in Church 47
Honor God with Your Word
The first manifestation of our soul is the gift of speech. Therefore, the inner worship of God: faith (it relates primarily to the mind and constitutes the content of the first commandment of God), hope and love (relate to the heart and will, and constitute the subject of the second commandment)—inner worship of God, of course, must also be expressed in our word, which can be "oral, written, and printed." And this is what the third commandment of the Decalogue requires of us! Everything that relates to the verbal worship of God and His saints, and which constitutes an insult to Him and the saints by our word, as well as to the glorification or blasphemy of the divine and sacred in the same way, all this enters into the domain of the third commandment, in the first case as its fulfillment, and in the second as a violation. And so
Sins Against the Majesty of God and the Dignity of the Saints
Blasphemy