RED CORNER "HOME. The best place for an icon in the house
There is a belief that if there is a “red corner” in the house, then the Lord himself and all the saints help everyone living in it. If you read the amulet on the “red corner”, where the icons will stand, you will receive very powerful protection for your home from all kinds of negative influences, and prosperity and happiness will never leave it.
Stand facing east and first read the following prayer appeal:
Holy Beginningless Life-Giving Trinity! Come to me, servant of God (name), to help. Help read the red corner of my house for a long and happy life.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God! Come to me, servant of God (name), to help. Help, Lord, to read the red corner of my house for a long and happy life.
Mother Lady, come to me, a servant of God (Julia), to help. Help read the red corner of my house for a long and happy life.
Archangel Michael and the disembodied Heavenly Host! Come to me, servant of God (name), to help. Help read the red corner of my house for a long and happy life.
All saints, come to help me, the servant of God (name). Help read the red corner of my house for a long and happy life. Holy (name of the saint, whose name you bear), come to me, servant of God (name), to help. Help read the red corner of my house for a long and happy life.
And then read the amulet:
I will enter the wedding day, the majestic day under the high domes. In the Trinity Church, a great service is going on, the deacon of the Cherubim sings, the people sing the prayer of the Father. I will pray to the Lord, I will fall with the cross and take my wedding icon, a majestic candle into my house. In the red corner of the icon, hang a network, for me, the servant of God (name), to grow rich in my house: to have everything at home - flour, and sugar loaf, and bread, and grain, and salt, and a family towel. A wedding icon hangs in the red corner. A majestic candle burns at the icon, the lamp in the corner shines. My house has been in abundance for centuries. Howling on a wedding day, at a majestic hour under the holy images. I will get up, I will read the Cherubim prayer with the deacon. As people come to the holy temple every hour, so in my house wealth arrives from hour to hour, from dawn to dawn, from summer to summer. In the red corner, under the holy images, the Goddess is red, adorned with a tribal towel. How much the icon in the red corner stays, so I live in abundance. Amen. Amen. Amen.
The place where the icons are located in the room is sacred to the house. This place protects both the room and the whole house from unclean forces that may try to visit the apartment. Therefore, you need to know a few simple rules for how to arrange icons.
This question sooner or later arises for everyone who acquires an icon or receives it as a gift. And indeed, how to properly place it in the house in order to offer prayer to the Lord and not violate any sacred laws? After all, prayer is a kind of sacrament, and any sacrament must be performed in an appropriate place, and not anywhere. How to hang icons in city apartments or private houses?
Instruction.
1.The best place for the icon in the house is the red corner. It is here, according to tradition, that the iconostasis, spiritual literature, candles or icon lamps and crosses are located. The red corner of the house is the wall opposite the entrance to the room. This location is not accidental, everyone who enters can bow to the images without looking for them for a long time in all corners. It is better that the space near the iconostasis be free and allow all family members and guests to stand up for prayer at the same time.
2. The altar is located on the east side, it is also supposed to place icons in the house so that the worshiper faces the East. However, if you do not have a suitable place for images in the eastern part of the apartment, you can hang them anywhere else. It is important that this is not a blind corner into which sunlight does not fall, but a wall that the icon will decorate and make even brighter. You can hang an icon either on an ordinary nail or install it on a special shelf next to other icons. If there are a lot of icons in the house, you can make a special iconostasis for them. The main thing is that the process of collecting images does not turn into ordinary collecting. After all, their purpose is completely different, and there is no connection between the number of icons in the house and the piety of its inhabitants.
3. You should not install icons among books on the shelves, as well as in the shelves of cabinets mixed with cosmetics, figurines and photographs of relatives. Also, you can not hang icons next to the toilet or in a row with paintings and other works of art. Remember that an icon is not a pretty picture or just an image. The purpose of the icon in the house is the preservation of reverence and faith, as well as sacred patronage. In the bedroom of the spouses, icons can be placed, despite the erroneous idea of many that this is a sin.
It is difficult for an Orthodox person to imagine how one can live in a house in which there are no icons. Images of saints are present in all the homes of believers, but the icons are far from always located correctly, since the holy fathers do not focus on this.
Instruction.
1. Perhaps you know that our ancestors placed the iconostasis in the red corner, opposite the front door of the house, so that each incoming person could turn to the Lord before greeting the owner. At the same time, the gaze of the worshiper should have been directed to the east. This, by the way, was almost always observed, since the doors of most houses were in the western part. But today it is difficult for city dwellers to follow the ancient custom, so do not be afraid to break it.
2. Before placing icons, consider in which room it will be most convenient for you to pray. After all, no matter how important the arrangement of the iconostasis is, it will turn out to be meaningless if those living in the house do not use the icons for prayer. Forgetting about formalities is not a big problem, but forgetting about the Lord or trying to seem like a pious person without believing is a sin.
3. Make sure that the icons are not located above the TV, computer and other similar things that serve for entertainment. The room in which you will pray should be quiet enough to forget about the mundane and switch to communion with the higher.
4. The church iconostasis contains several rows of icons depicting evangelists, prophets, and forefathers. But repeat at home device such an iconostasis is quite difficult, and it is not at all necessary to do this. Try to have in your home an image of the Savior, the Mother of God and Nicholas the Wonderworker. It was these icons that our ancestors most often placed in their homes.
5. If you single out any saint among others, considering him to be your patrons, allocate a place in the iconostasis for an icon depicting him. By the way, having done this, you will feel under his protection already for a psychological reason, since you trust the saint, not to mention religious reasons.
6. Place a lamp next to the icons and make sure that it is always on when you are at home. When leaving the house, extinguish the lamp, and when returning, light it. Remember that her light is a symbol of divine light and that you are ready to make a sacrifice to the Lord who suffered for us. And the last thing: do not forget to pray, because by praying, a person approaches God.
Sooner or later, most Orthodox people have a desire to make their own small corner for prayers. The creation of a home iconostasis must be approached thoughtfully. You can't just randomly install icons. You need to follow a few simple rules.
You will need
Icon of Jesus Christ
Icon of the Mother of God
Other icons on request.
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Instruction.
1. The number of icons in the home iconostasis must be at least two. It is best if these are images of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God. These icons must be present in every home. In addition to these icons, it would be nice to keep the image of the saints, after whom the residents of the house are named, as well as the images of locally revered saints. It should be noted that the icon of Nicholas the Wonderworker is revered on a par with the face of the Savior and the Mother of God, and it is present in every Orthodox family. When placing icons in the house, one should be guided by the principle of hierarchy. From above there should always be images of Jesus Christ, the Holy Trinity, the Mother of God. The icon of the Mother of God should stand to the left of the icon of the Lord.
2. If you have painted and printed icons, give preference to the first ones. Thanks to the spiritual connection of the icon painter, the icon created by him is valued much higher than any factory one.
3. Decorating icons with decorations. Icons are often placed in so-called icon cases (they are decorated with basma, as is done in many churches). Very often there is a decoration with a riza. Icons can also be decorated with fresh flowers. On the holidays of Pentecost and the Holy Trinity, the iconostasis is decorated with birch branches, as a symbol of a prosperous Church. Large icons are framed with white or embroidered towels.
4. Choosing a place for icons in the house. The coming of Christ is expected from the east, therefore one should pray facing him. Accordingly, the iconostasis should be located in this direction, preferably in the corner. When the house is located outside the east side, the red corner can be arranged, focusing on the nearest church. If there is a passage and windows in the east, then you can install an iconostasis on any wall of the dwelling, because in the church icons are located on all walls. It is only necessary to keep a certain distance in front of the icons in order to feel complete freedom and openness in prayer. Equipment and interior items that symbolize the world cannot be placed near the icons.
In order to make an iconostasis, you will need icons illuminated in the church. Among the icons there must be an icon with the image of the Savior, the Mother of God, the Trinity and the Guardian Angel. You can also purchase nominal icons and icons with the face of Saints. In the center should be the image of the Savior, and to the right of it is the Mother of God.
Instruction.
1. The iconostasis should be made in several rows and located in a corner closer to the east. The first row must necessarily consist of the image of the Savior and the Mother of God holding the baby in her arms.
2. The second row is called "Deesis". It should contain smaller icons, but there should be more of them. In the center is the icon of the Savior in Power, to the right of it is the image of John the Baptist, the Baptist of the Lord, to the left is the icon of the Mother of God. Place the holy archangels on the sides.
3.The third row is "holiday". On it are icons depicting the Annunciation, the Nativity of Christ, the Transfiguration, the Crucifixion, etc.
4. The fourth row is "prophetic". In the center, place the Mother of God with the baby on the throne, on the sides of the prophets.
The fifth row is "forefathers". In the center - the "Old Testament Trinity", on the sides of the forefathers. There may be more rows - everything is at your discretion.
5. You can mount it directly on the wall, to do this, use a puncher to make holes in the wall, drive in a dowel, insert a screw or screw into it and attach the icons.
6. You can also make an iconostasis on a wooden canvas. To do this, we need fiberboard, a drill and a screw. Using a drill, drill holes, fasten the screw.
7. You can decorate the iconostasis with a clean white towel. To complete - put church candles.
Icons are works of art and not only, through them you can turn to God with prayers, requests, seek help and consolation. Therefore, it is very important to arrange them in the correct order, making your home iconostasis, which will become the protector of the house and its inhabitants.
Instruction.
1. Choose the eastern wall of the house for the home iconostasis. If this is difficult, the icons can be placed in any easily accessible place where several people can gather for prayer.
2. Make sure that there are no household appliances next to the iconostasis: television , music center, computer, and also there were no photographs, posters, posters and paintings of a secular nature.
3. Decorate the iconostasis with fresh flowers or willow branches. Do not place cacti and other thorny plants next to the icons.
4. Traditionally, home iconostases are framed with hand-embroidered towels. You can hang nearby images of temples, peaceful landscapes and views of the Holy Land.
5. Please note that it is better to place the icons on a hard surface, and not hang them on the wall. Previously, it was customary to place the iconostasis in a special cabinet - an icon case. It can be replaced by an ordinary bookshelf. The main thing is that only theological books stand on it.
6. Place a lampada in front of the home iconostasis. It should be lit during prayers, on Sundays and on all church holidays.
7. For the home iconostasis, images of the Virgin and the Savior are obligatory. You should purchase icons of your saints (whose names are given to family members) and the especially revered Nicholas the Wonderworker, who is the intercessor children , mothers, undeservedly offended, as well as sick, prisoners and travelers.
8. If you want to create a complete iconostasis, then you need to supplement it with images of the holy evangelists, the prophet Elijah, the Archangels Gabriel and Michael, St. John the Baptist, the healer Panteleimon and icons dedicated to church holidays.
9.There are several strict rules for the arrangement of icons in the home iconostasis, which should be followed. Center the image of the Savior (it should be the largest in size). On the left, place the Virgin and Child, as is customary in a classic iconostasis. Above you can only place the Crucifixion or the icon of the Holy Trinity. Place the rest of the images just below or on the sides of the main icons. It is customary to crown the entire iconostasis with a cross.
10. If you have several rooms, place your home iconostasis in the largest one. But in the rest, you must definitely hang an icon, and crosses on the doorposts.