And how to correctly accept such a candle from another, or can it no longer be transferred? You need to give candles before the start of the service, trying not to say unnecessary words and not to fuss. It is necessary to refrain from passing candles during the Eucharistic canon, the reading of the Gospel. Is it necessary to go to church on Sundays? The commandment does not say that it is necessary to go to church.

You see, although my husband is baptized, he is against me going every Sunday. From time to time, he allows. I wanted to know if I had to go to church anyway or not. I myself really want to go to church more often. God's commandment tells us to "do our works six days, and dedicate the seventh to the Lord our God."

If possible on your part, then you need to go to church as often as possible. One of the Fathers of the Church said: "To whom the Church is not a mother, to him God is not a Father."1 If there are scandals about going to church, you need to avoid them, but if you are forced to stay at home, you need to try to find ways to be as close to God as possible on this day. Pray more, read the Holy Scriptures. Just to meditate on the Lord.

Do not listen to an unbelieving husband in matters of faith. I came to the church, stood there; before and during the service I see a beautiful, golden glow of icons, gates, etc. Any visions in the church or outside of it are not useful to us, sinners. We must pray to God that the Lord deliver us from them, otherwise it can lead to self-deception and "delusion," that is, to the state when a person begins to think of himself as something lofty and considers himself worthy of such visions.

And this is a fertile ground for the influence of dark forces. What contributes to attention during divine services? "It is useful to repeat a short prayer in the heart during divine services," says St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, "since it contributes to careful attention, keeping the mind from being distracted. With the unhurried reading of prayers, attention is possible, but with hasty reading, there is no place for attention."

Is it possible in church, while on the kliros, to make aloud remarks if someone happens to make a mistake in reading or singing? To make a remark aloud, to stop what has begun, and especially not to laugh, so as not to bring embarrassment to others. What if, for example, it happens to say the wrong prokeimenon or to read not so many verses in the canon as it is supposed to?

This, of course, should be lightly recalled, and explained after the end of the service is good; This is not the crime that something is read by mistake, but that although it is read, it is not considered to be disagreeable. Is it possible to talk in church? "Do not speak in church" (St. Anthony the Great) [10].

In church, I am often overwhelmed by blasphemous thoughts. What to do? Whoever begins to live according to God's commandments, the enemy makes an obstacle to him, for example, blasphemous thoughts in church. Do not despair at that time, but make the sign of the cross to the Lord Himself and to the Guardian Angel — and you will receive a reward for this, as one who struggles and overcomes.

If the enemy does not immediately leave your heart, then do not pay attention to him, as to the barking of a dog in the street, which does not harm us. Is it possible to defend only the Liturgy on Sunday? On Sunday, a pannikhida and a moleben should be served in church until the end of the service, if there are no particularly good reasons to hurry out of the church, because the Lord said: "Six days you shall do and do your works in them, and the seventh day you shall give to the Lord your God."

We do not want to stay even half an hour to pray for our relatives and friends. If you had guests gathered for dinner, and some of them, breaking the conversation, did not sit until the end of the dinner, would it not offend the host? In the same way, we will anger God if we leave without having served the Lord. On sacred objects and sacred rites I have heard that from communion to the kissing of the cross it is better not to venerate icons and not to kiss brothers, is this true?

Is it possible to venerate icons at all on the day of communion? After the reception of the Holy Mysteries. There is no sin in venerating (kissing) icons, the cross and other holy things; only refrain from doing it immediately, until they take zapivka. You have taken into yourself the highest holiness and try to protect it from all sinful things: condemnation, idle talk, malice, irritation, gluttony, etc.

What is to be done with sacred images (for example, icons) in secular magazines, newspapers, stamps? "It is necessary to carefully put aside sacred images and protect them from trampling,"[11] advises Archbishop Nikon of Vologda. Following this advice, pious believers cut out sacred images from a magazine or newspaper so that they would not be desecrated, much less get into the lavatory.

Is it permissible to consecrate a computer, a television, a radio, and similar things? It is not the thing itself that is sin, but how and for what purpose it is used: whether for good or for evil. You can use a computer to play and you can print Divine books. The same is true of a tape recorder: you can record dances, horse races and sinful songs, or you can record prayers and spiritual hymns and Divine instructions.

A camera can be used for various worldly pleasures, or you can photograph icons. Thus, it is clear from this that if a given thing is not used sinfully, it can be consecrated, and if it is sinful, then it is not necessary. Can I wear monastic clothes if I am not a nun? The one who puts on clothes that are not his own (