Questions concerning how it is right for the faithful to attend church are answered, based on research and reports of various saints. According to a post by bemary.com, every Orthodox Christian Family, and every believer in general, must attend church and participate consciously, and not formally, in the worship life of the Church.
Once upon a time, Christians asked St. John of Klimakos: When do we understand that the soul is sick? He answered: When man does not want to go to church. In other words, it is like having our own loved ones that we love and they love us, and when we see them on the street, we neither greet them nor go to their house to visit them.
What kind of love is this?
In our Churches, the Sunday Worship begins with Orthros, which lasts about 1:20 hours. Immediately after, the Divine Liturgy begins with the recitation of the Priest "Blessed be the kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever, Amen". At this time all believers must be upright. Then we can if we want to sit down. It would be good if we do not know when to get up and when to sit, to watch our praying brothers.
In short, we must stand on the following points of the Orthros and the Divine Liturgy:
- When the Six Psalms are read
- When the Priest reads the Gospel of Orthros and then goes out to worship it
- In the hymn of the Virgin Mary "The most honorable of the Cherubim…"
- According to the Doxology
- In "Blessed is the Kingdom"…
- During the Small Entry of the Gospel by the Priest
- According to the Gospel
- At the Great Entrance to which the Priest carries the Holy Gifts
- Every time the Priest gives the peace of Christ and the blessing with "Peace pass" or incense us
- During the most delicate moment of the Divine Liturgy when the Holy Spirit descends to sanctify the Holy Gifts, addressing from the priest
- When we hear from the Priest “Let us be careful. The Saints ”where the Lamb (Christ) ascends
- When reciting the Creed Symbol "I believe…"
- During the recitation of the Sunday Prayer "Our Father .."
- Come to "After the fear of God, faith, and love" because at this moment the Body and Blood of Christ are offered for us to receive, and
- In the Dismissal of the Divine Liturgy that the Priest does with the "Wishes of our Holy Fathers ...".
