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What is it - artos? How to use artos according to church rules?

Let's talk about bread called artos. What is this product? In translation from Greek, "artos" is "leavened bread", it is also called a whopper wholly. It is prepared according to special church recipes.

All Holy Week, consecrated bread in the temple takes a place where everyone sees it - next to the icon of the resurrection of the Lord. When the service ends, all the believers hear the artos. How to use it correctly? We will talk about this.

Artos: what is it?

The use of this miracle bread began at the very beginning of Christianity, the day when Jesus Christ ascended into heaven.

Believers of his disciples and those who followed him, very experienced his death and consoled themselves with various prayers, in which they recalled each of his actions (word, step). When they prayed, remembering the secret evening meeting together, they were obliged to receive Communion at the same time. When they were going to eat, they deliberately left an empty place at their table, and bread was placed for the invisible but present Lord.

Easter

The first pastors of the church, imitating the apostles, did the same for Easter. This was an expression of the fact that the victim for mankind became a real bread for all, symbolizing life itself. Church bread artos is baked in a special way. There is a picture of a cross on it, and only a crown of thorns is seen , but there is no Jesus crucified. This is done so that believers see victory over death itself. Even on Easter, the holy bread is represented by the letters ХВ.

Believe

An ancient tradition of the church is associated with this product. It is that the apostles at the table left a small part of the bread - this was the share of the Mother of God. Thus, they reminded themselves of constant communication with her, and after sharing their food they shared this part with all the trepidation. In all monasteries this tradition is called "Chin of Panagia", it means memories of the Theotokos. In parish churches this is done once a year, the custom is associated with the fragmentation of artos.

It is consecrated with a special prayer, sprinkled with holy water and on the first day of Easter they go to all the liturgies as soon as the priest's prayer, which the priest himself reads, ends. It is so called because for its utterance the reader descends from the elevation in front of the altar, the extreme ledge of which is called the pulpit. But usually the priest, in order to read the prayed prayer, does not descend, but becomes on it, because from this elevation everything is perfectly audible to those who are present in the temple.

Easter bread is placed on the salt (this is an elevation in front of the iconostasis in the Orthodox Church, as if the altar extension), opposite the royal gates, on a specially prepared table. And a special prayer is read for the mystery of its fragmentation. In this rite there is a deacon (it is a servant of the church who helps the priest to perform rituals, but does not have the right to perform them himself), parishioners and, of course, a priest. In the prayer that he reads, it speaks of the miracle created by Christ when he fed the needy people with five loaves, despite all their illnesses and sins. People ask the Holy Trinity for the sacred artos to give health to the body and the inner state. They praise God and thank him for his infinite kindness and love for people.

After the bread is consecrated, it, along with the stand on which it lies, is placed on the dais in front of the image of the Savior himself. There the bread is found throughout the Holy Week.

Artos is accepted on all days of this holiday. How to use it correctly, we learn a little later. When the Liturgy ends with a sacred cake, a religious procession takes place around the temple in a solemn atmosphere. On Saturday, one more prayer is read by the prayed prayer: for chopping artos. It is crushed at the very end of the Liturgy, when the cross is kissed, after which it is heard by all present as a shrine, then prayer is read for the adoption of artos. It says that bread and water cooked in a special way in the church with certain prayers and moods can strengthen the health and strength of the human spirit. He believes that he can become better with the help of God, who treats people mercifully, because the saints and the Mother of God are praying for all of humanity.

Those small particles (antidor) of holy bread, which were distributed in the temple, are very treeto stored houses in the corner next to the icons.

How to store?

It is necessary to remember that everything that comes into contact with the shrine requires special, careful and careful treatment. For example, paper, which was wrapped in artos or prosphora, must be burned. At home it is necessary to store the consecrated product with all due diligence. It is best to let artos lie in a specially designated place.

If the shrine can not be further used ...

If the bread has deteriorated, and mold has appeared on it, it must be brought to the Temple and given to the priest, so that he by all rules and with special prayers burned.

Rite

Very long time there is a tradition to sew small handbags on laces in order to wear and store prosphora. If you have one, then the need for some sachets disappears, and you will no longer be afraid that the consecrated bread can be dropped or forgotten somewhere. And at the moment of some kind of trouble, you can take out artos with a calm soul. These handbags are called prosphorons or prosfornichkami, they are often very beautiful decorated with rhinestones or beads, different embroideries and ribbons. They can be sewn by themselves or bought in church benches.

Many parishioners, who recently came to thoughts about God and decided to devote their lives to prayers for their loved ones, do not know the rules, and are wondering what kind of bread is artos, how to take it right. Now let's try to sort this out a little.

Bread Artos: how to use it?

Believers take very seriously all prayers and parts of the sacred bread, therefore, bringing it to their home, dried and stored strictly in any jar or box. Artos is bread, which can be consumed only for special needs, for example, during a severe illness or from the despair of the situation, when trouble comes one after another, for peace of mind. The sacred product is eaten only on an empty stomach, washed down with holy water!

So we learned about artos that it is a great shrine and plays a big role in the life of Christians. But in order to break it up according to all the rules into small pieces, it must first be baked. This is the recipe for the great bread.

Recipe

Take 1 kg of 200 g of flour, preferably of higher grade. At the bottom of the dishes, where the dough will be kneaded, pour a little water. Pour 400 g of flour and pour very hot water. This is done in order to give sweetness and resistance against mold. All mix and cool. Then add the salt, previously diluting it in holy water, and put 25 g of yeast. Mix well and wait for 30 minutes. Then add the flour (800 g) and mix again. As soon as the dough approaches, lay it on the table and roll it out with a rolling pin into sheets of the required thickness.

Cut into mugs, for the lowest part of the artos make a larger circle. Then cover with a wet towel, and after - dry, and wait another 30 minutes. On the upper part put a seal. Then both parts should be greased with warm water and connected. Both parts are pierced, so that no voids are formed. Then put on a baking sheet and bake in the oven until cooked. Small ones are baked for 15 minutes, office - about 20 minutes.

Conclusion

We already know what artos is, how to use this bread and its small, fragmented parts. It is necessary to read a special prayer and wash it with holy water. Take artos very carefully, without uttering a single tiny, so you need to do this over a blank sheet of white paper or a saucer. If you are a true Christian, then all the rules of this mystery are clear to you, and artos is the bread that you have tried many times in your life.

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