What is the difference between holy water from ordinary, baptismal water: does it differ in chemical composition and properties?

What is the difference between holy water and simple-from a tap? The article describes all the arguments of scientists and not only.

Each of us at least once in our life has heard about the healing properties of holy water. Moreover, many consider it a “medicine” from all diseases, sins, temptations and pernicious habits. People from all over the world come to the holy sources to get at least a drop of precious liquid. Skeptics, on their part, claim that there is no division into holy and ordinary water.

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Water, as the basis of all living things on Earth, is always useful and necessary for the human body. Moreover, the question becomes interesting: what is the peculiarity of the holy water and do they exist at all? More details described below. Read further.

Water supply prayer: What is it?

It is believed that simple water into a saint turns the sacrament of the prayer of a priest or other representatives of the clergy. There are special church ceremonies - prayers, including water supply.

• Moleben (Treba) is a special sacrament taking place in the Orthodox Church. The essence of the prayer is that the clergyman turns to the Lord God with a certain request, while possessing an endless faith in Him.
• With a water prayer, water is illuminated when ordinary liquid, under the influence of the prayer of the priest, turns into a saint.

Both believers and unbelievers know the great lighting of water (Agiasma), which is performed on the great Orthodox festival of the baptism of the Lord. The water consecrated in the church on this day has special properties and should be stored at home throughout the year. There is also small water lighting, which is performed with regular services in some temples.

How is water lighting?

Everyone can visit the water in the temple. How does this happen?

• During the water supply, a large bowl filled with water is carried into the center of the temple.
• A crucifix and the gospel are laid next to her.
• The clergyman reads a prayer for prayer books.
• After that, litany is pronounced - prayer petition. As a rule, in the process of a prayer, the priest turns to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nikolai the Wonderworker, St. Ksenia of Petersburg, Matron of Moscow.
• Then the names from the notes submitted to believers are read in a certain sequence.

At the end of the prayer, the priest “baptizes” water - makes movement in the form of a cross on the surface of the water, and then dips the cross into it. The priest necessarily kisses the cross, and it is sprinkling all those present in the temple and the temple itself. Then each parishioner kisses the cross, and the priest sprows praying separately.

Little consecration of water is performed according to certain church canons (Orthodox holidays or certain days for worship). It can be ordered only in rare exceptional cases at the request of one or more people. Just do this in advance.

What is the difference between holy water and usual: does it differ in chemical composition and properties?

Despite the fact that holy water is attributed to certain healing properties, its chemical composition is no different from the composition of ordinary water.

• Scientists and skeptics explain some special properties of such water with the “effect of absolute faith”.
• In simple words, if a person believes in something very much, then he receives. It is due to this that “miracles”, “cure” of man occur.
• However, the clergy of the church themselves say that you need to drink holy water with faith, otherwise there will be no result from it.

Along with these statements, there is a version that the “healing” holy water is such water in which the molecules are structured in a certain order. Read more:

• Under the influence of prayer, water molecules acquire structures like a crystallized geometrically correct snowflake.
• In addition, scientists have proved that silver ions (their increased concentration) from which the sacred cross is made contribute to such information structuring of water.
• In this state, water becomes a healing, with a certain charge of energy and information message.
• In the same way, the classical music of Mozart, ordinary prayer, words of gratitude, a positive mood for drinking water, etc., but only with a lower charge of energy, acts on the water.
• Even a small effect of structured water at the right time may have an amazing result.

Neither the chemical composition of water or its molecular features is important for believers. For them, holy water is the grace of God, which does not require any evidence.

What is the difference between holy water and baptism?

From the point of view of Orthodoxy, holy and baptismal water are slightly different concepts. They differ:

• The Great Agiasma takes place twice a year - on the eve of Baptism and on the festival of the Baptism of the Lord. Special prayers are read here, services in time are very long and more solemn.
• Epiphany water is the greatest shrine for the Orthodox. It is believed that this was all the water on Earth before the fall of mankind.

Water consecrated on prayers, which are carried out often in the church, is holy water. It has no such force and there is no special grace on it as in the Epiphany water.

What can not be done with holy and baptismal water?

Holy and especially Epiphany water is an object of special worship among Orthodox Christians. For them, it is a source of all blessings and joys, the life -giving force that gives complete physical and spiritual recovery. Therefore, the attitude towards water is special. It should be stored in a separate container. For water, there should be a special place, preferably next to the icon. What can not be done with holy and baptismal water?

• Holy water is forbidden to store in the refrigerator. It is believed that its food can be desecrated, and its healing properties will be lost.
• Holy water is intended for drinking and washing, especially sick places. You can also sprinkle the room (house, apartment).
• It is forbidden to use such water for household needs - for washing or cleaning.
• It is strictly forbidden to pour it into the sewer. If the water suddenly clouded with improper storage, then you can water the flowers or pour it into a pond.

Holy water gives hope to believers to get at least a small drop of God's grace, being in their earthly existence.

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