RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST

Mysteries and rites of some worship

• Proper Confession

  Before confession, each person must attempt to recall all of his sins, voluntary and involuntary, must attentively go over his life in order, to the extent possible, to recall all of his sins, not...

• Holy Water

  Liturgy for the Feast day of Great Prince St. Vladimir, we serve the rite of the Lesser Blessing of the Waters, in commemoration of the Baptism of Rus’.  We believe that in this regard it would...

• The Mystery of Unction

  The Mystery of Unction is a sacred action in which, while the body is anointed with oil, the grace of God which heals infirmities of soul and body is called down upon a sick person (Orthodox...

• On the Rite of Churching

  Baptism in and of itself is already churching in the most profound and full sense of this word, for it makes a man a member of the Body of Christ, a child of God (I Corinthians 12:13).