To find the right way out of difficult situations, to gain strength in order to overcome pain, to preserve the human soul in suffering under the weight of cares and illnesses, hatred of neighbors and betrayals of loved ones helps a believer to turn to God. So it was in past centuries, and so it is today. In times of despair and anxiety, people often resorted to prayer. To enlist the patronage of higher powers, there are many ways. Confessions and strict fasting, church services and sincere repentance, conversations with the priest, brothers and sisters of faith are often effective here. One of the options to be heard by God and receive support from him is considered to be magpie in three churches. This method, which has always enjoyed well-deserved trust and popularity among the Orthodox population, has been known since time immemorial.
What is magpie?
This church sacrament gained its name due to the fact that it is usually held exactly forty days. In fact, this is a liturgy, a specially strengthened and very effective prayer in churches, which can be ordered both for health and for the repose of a person of interest, but only necessarily baptized in Orthodoxy, that is, a church person. But it is carried out by priests in the walls of churches not once, but for forty days. And therefore, it turns out that during the indicated period the name of the believer appears before God every day. Therefore, the Almighty all this time affects the life of a person and helps in solving his problems.
Especially useful is the magpie in three churches, because in this case the right name will be mentioned in three places for as long as forty days. Every day in these temples a piece of prosphora for this person will be immersed in the Holy Cup. This rite represents the Blood and Body of the Savior. It is a sacrifice for which the remission of sins and grace is granted.
You can order a prayer service not only for the specified period, but for six months or even a year, while the parishioner has the right to choose the days when exactly the ceremony should be performed, and when not.
Special number 40
Why is a forty-day period usually chosen for the rite? The number 40 is not in vain has a symbolic meaning for believers. Virgin Mary, who received the good news from the Angel, wore exactly forty weeks under the heart of the Savior Son. For the same number of days, Jesus himself prayed in the wilderness to learn the highest truth and communicate it to the inhabitants of the Earth. Forty days he appeared to the disciples after his brilliant Resurrection.
The indicated number was also mentioned in the Old Testament, because the post of the world famous prophet Moses also lasted forty days. The Flood continued during the same period. And such examples, taken from Scripture, can be continued indefinitely.
But why do they order the magpie in three churches, why is it desirable to choose this particular number of churches? We will talk about this later.
Three - a special figure
In Christianity, this is the famous number of the trinity. The point here is that God is essentially one, but appears to a person in three Persons. There is no direct division, and therefore a similar mystery of the trinity of the inhabitants of the carnal world is usually not entirely understood. The difference here is only in certain abstract properties. In this regard, the number 3 seems to any Orthodox special, symbolic, bearing a sacred meaning.
It should be added that the number 3 is often used in church ceremonies and, like 40, it is often mentioned in the scriptures, personifying the Divine essences, and therefore it is considered sacred. It is appropriate to mention here the triple glorifications addressed to the Creator, the appearances to the biblical heroes of just three angels, and much more. This is where the clue lies why they order a magpie in three churches: this corresponds to ancient customs, which are paid tribute to.
In exceptional cases, with serious illnesses and terrible life situations, parishioners are advised to order a prayer service immediately in seven (also a sacred number) churches. But this is a very responsible sacrament, not everyone is allowed to it, and one should prepare for a long time spiritually and physically, observing the fast. Otherwise, as the clergy say, the effect will not be greater than from one magpie.
Why is the sacrament needed?
For what reason and who should order funeral magpies - it is understandable. This may be especially important for the newly deceased. Indeed, in Orthodoxy it is believed that a sentence is sentenced to the soul within 40 days, and it is during this period in Heaven that the fate of the newly-deceased is decided. And before the expiration of the specified period, the prayers of the living who remained on Earth are able to help him.
It is more difficult to resolve the question of why and to whom it may turn out to be useful and important the magpie about health in three churches. Some are sincerely convinced that such everyday prayers, ordered in the temple, can be useful only to seriously ill people. But this is a fallacy. This also helps in other difficult life circumstances: to strengthen the spirit of the weak, to establish a material base, to advance a career and improve relations with others, as well as to protect against fatal accidents.
How to choose the right church
The clergy say that ordered in three churches magpie about health puts around the person an incredibly strong spiritual defense against life's turmoil, human malice, evil eye and damage, restores his moral condition. Very useful, isn't it?
That correctly and observing all religious requirements to submit a magpie in three churches, it is necessary to do the following. Choose three suitable temples. It is desirable that they in their location form the most regular triangle. But if this is inconvenient and difficult, do not focus on the requirement just mentioned. The main thing is that in these churches or monasteries services are held daily. If, however, only certain days are allotted for this in the temple, then there is nothing to worry about. However, it should be borne in mind that the prayer service in this case will last not a month and a half, but a longer period. It is further advised that by 12 noon (noon) they go around all the selected temples and order a magpie everywhere.
How to order
When serving a magpie, they usually find a church shop. It can be a room or just a corner at the temple or, perhaps, even outside it. There, nuns or novices, in accordance with the request of the applicant, put the names of the people for whom the prayer is intended in a special book. Sometimes these notes are made by simple parishioners on their own, and in case of ignorance, you can consult knowledgeable ministers of the church or believers.
It is very important to remember that in the book it is necessary to write down the full Orthodox name of the person received by him at baptism, and not something else. If this church ceremony was not carried out either immediately after birth or during the subsequent period of life (the person was not churches), it is useless to order a magpie in three churches, because the ceremony does not make sense. After all, the requests for unbaptized people, unfortunately, remain unanswered by God.
Who can order
It is possible to order such an effective prayer service not only to someone else, close or outsider, but also to oneself. The clergy say that the magpie is especially helpful, read in three churches when it comes to a pregnant woman or child, because such prayers come before God before others. The main thing is not only to know, but also to correctly indicate their Orthodox names.
It is not necessary, but highly desirable, that during the period when the service is held, the person who ordered them should regularly visit the temples of his choice. It is also believed that women are especially helped by the magpie, filed in convents, and men’s monasteries are very suitable.
About enemies and ill-wishers
Prayers for health are not only possible, but it is recommended that you order your enemies. This often works and helps to neutralize all the evil that they send to the person who needs the protection of higher powers. And to himself such rites allow one to find peace and peace of mind. As testimonials about the Magpie, in three churches ordered, testify, it often happens that haters and spiteful people, after intensified prayers, for various reasons go out of human life. It happens that they happen to illness and a variety of troubles. But one should not wish evil to enemies, because only God has the right to decide what is fair and what is not in this life.
What time is better to choose
There are no special days for ordering a magpie (to submit a claim, as is usually customary to speak in church language), is not provided. That is, you can sign up for this sacrament at any time when only a person wishes to ask for the help of the Almighty.
Execution of the application begins the day after the submission of the request. Knowing this, it is necessary to calculate the order time taking into account the state of one’s own affairs, personal time and the needs of one or more persons of interest. If someone close to you has an important operation, an important event or a difficult road, it is recommended that you make a church order a week or five days before the important event. Thus, implementing plans in accordance with their own ideas will be much easier. You should also correctly calculate your capabilities, remember that at the time of application you will have to go to three churches on the same day. Sorokoust after all so ordered, as already mentioned.
Who should not be ordered
Of course, God seeks to help all those who suffer. However, it should also be noted that preparing for the important important ritual described is necessary with all responsibility. Firstly, the reason for submitting an application should not be trifling, but still important. Such a remedy is usually resorted to if a person really needs help. Secondly, one should seriously prepare for the sacrament: before this, fast for nine days, purify spiritually, and live in accordance with the commandments. And only after that ask for the magpie in three churches.
But not only that matters. The clergyman has the full right to refuse the parishioner to conduct the ceremony, if the person who is being taken care of does not attend the church, does not go to confession and does not consider it necessary to receive communion. And of course, that prayers are not held for sectarians and atheists, as well as for non-Orthodox, that is, representatives of other religions. The same applies to those people who are opposed to God, not recognizing the influence of God on earthly life, and also ignore his commandments.
What changes to expect
But what to expect improvements? After all, if there are none, why should the Magpie in three churches be held at all? According to believers, changes in moral condition and life circumstances in some cases can be expected after a few days from the beginning of the sacrament. Sometimes just two or three services are enough. And the more dangerous the disease and the more serious the problem, the often more noticeable is the effect. But if you take into account the reviews, not everything is always so simple and smooth.
How to explain the fact that the desired changes in fate did not happen (and such cases are known)? Sometimes it’s useful to look for a reason in yourself. And it is not necessary to immediately begin to repent of one's own sinfulness, although discord with God is quite capable of becoming a significant obstacle to the fulfillment of what was intended. But in some cases, a person is simply not ready to accept the help of higher forces in the form in which it comes. After all, it is difficult to immediately judge which particular changes should be considered positive and which should not. And it often happens that even a truly believing person asks the Almighty that he is not at all good for him.