Let's go on a religious procession! Learn about religious processions, their types, and why you should participate. – Tatiana Kopyatkevich – Sretensky Monastery – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-7533-2067-4
Let's go on a religious procession! Learn about religious processions, their types, and why you should participate.
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Let's go on a religious procession! Learn about religious processions, their types, and why you should participate.
19.99 €
This book is for anyone who has ever witnessed a crowded procession with icons and banners on city streets or in a field and felt there was something more to it than just a "passage." Tatyana Kopyatkevich, the author, explains in simple and vivid language what a procession with the cross is, the different types, and why it's worth participating in.
A procession with the cross is not just an "event," but a service that extends beyond the walls of the church. It unites prayer, repentance, and the triumph of faith. People walk with icons, crosses, and banners to bless everything around them—houses, roads, water, air, and the earth itself. This could be a short procession around the church on Easter or a multi-day journey of tens of kilometers, like the famous Velikoretsky procession, where people walk "eating less, sleeping less, praying more."
The book combines history and practice: from ancient times, when St. John Chrysostom organized night processions with silver crosses against heretics, to Soviet persecutions and the modern revival of the tradition. The author offers helpful advice to both organizers and participants: how to prepare, what to take, and how to behave during the procession. But most importantly, it helps them understand the meaning: a procession is not simply "moving through the streets," but a movement toward God, an expression of a willingness to change one's life and undertake a spiritual feat.
This publication is intended for those considering participating in a prayer procession for the first time, for church-going laypeople, and for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of this ancient and living tradition of the Church.
A procession with the cross is not just an "event," but a service that extends beyond the walls of the church. It unites prayer, repentance, and the triumph of faith. People walk with icons, crosses, and banners to bless everything around them—houses, roads, water, air, and the earth itself. This could be a short procession around the church on Easter or a multi-day journey of tens of kilometers, like the famous Velikoretsky procession, where people walk "eating less, sleeping less, praying more."
The book combines history and practice: from ancient times, when St. John Chrysostom organized night processions with silver crosses against heretics, to Soviet persecutions and the modern revival of the tradition. The author offers helpful advice to both organizers and participants: how to prepare, what to take, and how to behave during the procession. But most importantly, it helps them understand the meaning: a procession is not simply "moving through the streets," but a movement toward God, an expression of a willingness to change one's life and undertake a spiritual feat.
This publication is intended for those considering participating in a prayer procession for the first time, for church-going laypeople, and for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of this ancient and living tradition of the Church.
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