Chanication of ordination in the bishop in its structure is similar to the ranks of Diaconian and priestly chirotonia, but it is accomplished significantly solemn. In addition, Episcopian Chirotonia is preceded by two independent ranks - adventures and bishops.
The chin of the naughty bishop was preserved from an ancient practice, according to which the candidate for the bishine was elected by the clearance and the people, and then he was solemnly announced and he agreed to ordain. IN modern practice The majority of local Orthodox churches of the bishop are elected by the general meeting of the bishops or the sacred synod. Miils in election bishop do not participate.
In the practice of the Russian Orthodox Church, adherence to the bishop takes place in the temple separately from Charotonia for the rank, which established no later than the XVII century. The bishops are in the mantle and are seated among the temple on seniority. The chosen to the bishop ministry is summarized by two archimandritis to the throne, kisses the throne, bowed to the Patriarch (or the primary bike, if the Patriarch does not participate in Charotonia) and together with them goes through the side doors of the altar. All three receive a blessing from the Patriarch, and then from each of the binders present.
Then one of the senior presbyters (secretary of the Patriarch) reads a decree on the election of a candidate for the Episcopal Department. Announcement: "Honest Archimandrite (Name), Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (Name) and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church bless your shrine to be a bishop of the horizontal habitat (name)." The reference of the city here has a deep ecclesiological meaning: the bishop ministry is always connected with a specific city and the area, just as the ministry of Diacon and the priest is associated with a specific temple. The goldist is responsible: "The blessing of the His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (Name) and the Sacred Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to be a bishop of the horizontal town (name) with Thanksgiving accepting and nimalo in spite of the verb."
It is followed by a short prayer, in which neither choir nor the presbyters nor deacon do not participate: the Sectation and the Patriarch pronounces the Patriarch, sing his bishops. This indicates a "family" character of the celebration: elected to the bishop ministry is part of the family of archipers - successors and the continuers of the Apostles.
Patriarch hurts "God's blessed", the bishops sing "Truce-minded for our father." After the aplap of the Patriarch, the Troparians and Kondak Pentecost are singing: "The blessed people, Christ, God, and the wisdom of the ceremony of Jaws, Nisposlav to them the Spirit of the Saints and those courtesy of the Universe! Audito, glory to you "; "Faigantly, the Languages \u200b\u200bof Language, sharing the Languages \u200b\u200bof Vyshniy, and, if the fiery languages \u200b\u200bare distributed, into the connection is the whole of the vision, and according to the Slavs of the Allian Spirit." This emphasizes that the election to the bishop ministry occurs with the assistance of the Holy Spirit.
After execution by the bishops of the Tropar and Kondak, the Patriarch pronounces the SECTENY, which contains a separate petition "On allone archimandrite (name), newly elected in the bishop." Then he takes his release, and all the bishops are sitting on the departments prepared for them. The candidate reads the word when identizing, which sets out his vision of the bishop ministry. The word when reinforcing is a kind of program of the future bishop; At the same time, it traditionally turns on with the gratitude to those people to whom the candidate is obliged to their spiritual formation.
At the end of the pronouncement of the prisoner, the words of the bishops get up, and Prododiakon hurts the multiletia Patriarch and all those present by the bishings. Then they sit down, and the multi-family elected to the episcopal ministry is headed. At the end of the multilay, the Patriarch sprinkles the protege of holy water and the protege receives a blessing from all the binders present.
The rank of bishops is usually committed before the beginning of the liturgy, on which the elected to the bishop ministry will be ordained. This chin has a very ancient origin. About him in the VII century mentions St. Sophronia Jerusalem:
There are an ancient Apostolic tradition in the Universe of the Ancient Apostolic Tradition in the entire Universe, for which those koi are energized to the degree of priestly, they are obliged to explicate the oldest convanses to frankly state how they are wondering and as they contain faith. This tradition leads its beginning
from the wisdom of the Apostle Paul, who cautions that any of those does not fade in vain on the ristar (1 Cor 9, 24).
In the main features of the rank, consumed in the Russian Church, reproduces the similar chin of the XVII century, translated from Greek and adapted to local practice. At the beginning of the rank, the oath of the bishops participating in Charotonia comes out of the altar in full liturgical closure for the middle of the temple and are searched for seniority. Priests for seniority are becoming on both sides. Then the protopsychist (or senior priest) and the protodiakon (or senior deacon) take a blessing from the bishops, enter the altar and lead from there with a defense system, dressed in priestly liturgical clothes. It is supplied to Orlets, deployed towards the West, at the lower edge. Prododiakon is led: "The Bogolytzesty, elected and approved Archimandrite (name) of the Herotonisatria in the Bishop of the Bogoshamago Grad (name)" is given. Patriarch (or the firstborn bishop) asks: "Caissance for the sake of Essel and from our mother's ability to ask?" The supplied answers: "Charotonia bishop grace, pre-secrecy." Patriarch asks: "And what kind of faiths?" The protege reads the faith symbol. According to reading the firstborn bonus, blessing his crosshead, says: "Grace of God's Father and the Lord of our Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit will be with you."
Protodicacon again hurts "the Bogolytseed ...", and the chosen one comes to the middle of the Orlets. The Patriarch asks: "Javi we still, by how written about the properties of the Trech of the Ipostassee of the incompressive of the Divine and Laja about the entry of the IPostasnago Son and the Words of God." The protege reads the presentation of the dogma of the faith about the hints of the Triune God. At the end of reading the Patriarch, blessed the manheltered, says: "The grace of the Holy Spirit will be with you, educating, strengthening and enforcing you for all the days of your life."
Protodiankon is led for the third time: "The Bogolya-sustained ...", and the chosen is becoming the top edge of the Orlets. The Patriarch asks him: "Yavi us and more, both the canons of the Canons of the Holy Apostle and the Holy Father and the Tradition and Establishment of Church."
The goldenman gives an oath to strictly comply with the canons of the Holy Apostles, the Universal and Local Cathedrals and the rules of the saints of OT-COV, to keep church legends and statutes, comply with the church world, obey the Patriarch and other bishops, in fear of God to manage their flock. The goldenman in all words announces that he dates back to the bishop ministry not due to silver or gold, but on the election of the patriarch and synod. He promises nothing to do forced strong Mira This or from the crowd, even if he is threatened with death, do not shoot in someone else's diocese, not to handray clerics for someone else's diocese and do not take clerics someone else's diocese in her without selling literacy. The goldist also promises to "visit and press" a presented to him "and looking with adjudication, take into account and prohibit, in order to split, superstition and heresy did not multiply and in order to cross the Christian piety and harmony of the customs did not damage Christianskago." With the opponents of the Church, the goldenman promises to act as Krotko, and to the authorities of his country, it is loyal ("Faithful to the authorities of the Employee of the country of our country").
At the end of the oath, the Patriarch blesses the gender and says: "The grace of the Holy Spirit, through our dimension, produces you, Bogolyznezago Archimandrite (name), selected the bishop of the horizontal habitat (city name). The protege is kept by the bishops three times and is suitable for blessing to each of them. Then he signs the text pronounced oath and presents it to Patriarch. Taking the oath, the Patriarch says: "The grace of the Most Holy Spirit will be with you." Dedicated to be taught in the altar and put on the cooked Orlets. From that moment on, it is considered a "elected bishop", although it has not yet received ordination.
The Chin himself in the bishop is performed on the divine liturgium after a small entrance and singing of the trismy. This moment of liturgy was chosen for Cahrotonia because after singing the triswatched bishops rise to the same place, where the new-stage bishop occupies a place among them. In addition, the bishop has the right not only to sanctify the gifts, but also to make ordinations in the priest and in the deacon, which occur accordingly after the great entrance and after the Eucharistic canon.
During the singing of the three senior presbyters, the golden of the altar is removed from the altar and supplied in front of the Embon. Then they apply the protege to the royal gates, where he accepts Patriarch (the firstborn bishop). Throekly passion for the throne on the bishop chirotonia does not happen. Instead, handwritten, removing the Mithra and Felon, it becomes both knees in the center of the throne, bowing his head to the throne. Patriarch blesses his head three times, after which his head is revealed by the gospel text down. On top of the gospel, all present bishops lay hands. Patriarch pronounces words: "The election and art of the Bogid-to-herded bishops and all consecrated cathedral, the divine grace, always a weak physician and cloing replenishment, dirting the tasks, a reverendity of the archimandrite (name) in the bishop of the Bogoshamago Grad (name).
Further, the Patriarch reads a prayer in which God asks God to strengthen the invasion, the power and grace of the Holy Spirit asks God, just as God strengthened the prophets and the apostles, I enacted the kings to the kingdom and sanctified the bishops. While reading the Patriarch of Prayer, one of the bishops pronounces the Cecthenium containing the petition about the "currently droop-free bishop." The altar sing a triple "Lord, Pommühi". Patriarch reads the second prayer for initiations:
Lord God, it is impossible to human nature, the teachers are delivered to the human nature, the teachers are delivered by your structure, your prepoly containing to you, in the sacrifice of your victim and the offering about all the people of yours, you are the Lord and this is the builder of the builder bishop grace of the sake of life to you, truth Shepherd, positively his soul for the sheep his own, traveling blind, light in darkness, the truncan of nomads, teachers of babies, lamp in the world, and having committed the soul, entrusted to him in real life, will appear to the throne of your tribute and the Great Mzdu away, the victim takes the victim For the preaching of your gospel.
My God God, since the person-essential nature cannot accommodate the essence of God, you put your fishery for us to our teachers who are visiting your throne to bring you the victim and the offering of all the people of yours. You, Lord, and this, who became the organizer of the bishop of grace, make you a imitator, a true shepherd, who put his soul for his sheep, the guide to the blind, the light for those in darkness, the mentor of the unreasonable, teacher of babies, the lamp in the world, in order to bring Prior to perfection entrusted to him in the real life of the soul, he appeared without shame before your throne and received a great award that you had prepared for victims for the preaching of your gospel.
At the end of reading a prayer at a new-resistant bishop, Sakkos, Omophore, Cross, Panagia and Mitra are placed. For each of these items, the newly published blessing from all those present by the bishops, and everyone was headed by "Axios". At the end of the ordination, all the bishops teach their newly represented fellow of the kissing of the world and follow the area where the apostle hesitate.
According to the Russian Church, the commitment of liturgy continues all the bishops present. The newly-fledged bishop makes a blessing of the Cyrian and Trikiri after reading the Gospel. When the communion of the inhabitants occurs in the altar, the Patriarch teaches the body of Christ, and a new-stage bishop - holy blood.
At the end of the liturgy, a new-stage bishop receives a blessing for the wearing of the bishop mantle from all participants. The bishops are already in the mantles - again come out for the middle of the temple. The newly-fledged bishop comes out after all and becomes a face to the hands-up to his fellows. Patriarch (the firstborn bishop) by tradition pronounces the word edification, which speaks of the meaning of the bishop ministry. After that, he hands a new-fledged bike rod as a symbol of the bishop power. Taking B. left Wand, the blessing blesses the people.
The stated rank of bishops in the main features of the same for all local Orthodox churches. The nuts of the naughty and the bishop oath in different churches are also little different. However, there are some liturgical features characteristic of a separate local church.
In some local Orthodox churches, a special rank is committed at the end of the Chin - the intronization of the new-resistant hierarch, i.e. Erend him to the department belonging to him. If Charotonia was performed in the city, where the bishop will serve, then, as a rule, the intronization occurs immediately after the chrotonia. If Charotonia was elsewhere, then the bishop arrives in his diocese, accompanied by the Hateronia participants and his first liturgy makes in their presence. At the end of the first liturgy of the bishops, they bring their fellow to the department belonging to him.
In the Russian Orthodox Church, this custom is absent and the bishop in most cases arrives at its department, not accompanied by other bishops. The first liturgy performed by him in his cathedral does not contain kakilibo special rites.
A rather rare phenomenon for the Russian Church is the ordination of the bishop in the city where he will carry the ministry. As a rule, bishops for Russia and for dioceses of far abroad are handcrew in Moscow, bishops for Ukraine - in Kiev, for Belarus - in Minsk, for Moldova - in Chisinau. Charotonia, respectively, heads the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitans Kiev and All Ukraine, Minsk and Slutsky, Chisinau and All Moldova.
Charotonia and Chirotesia
Charotonia and cheshotésia - Two convolets, radically different from each other. If the first is considered as the sacrament of the priesthood, reporting special graceful gifts supplied, then the second, according to the Archbishop of Veniamine, is a simple "ceremony that does not make the Chtern and Ipodiakona Nizhin of the Priesthood." Therefore, Cheronia is Sacrament, and Chrotesia - a rite that does not report gifts Priesthood, but dedicated to the right to one of the posts in the church.
Charotonia (grech. Hyir - Hand and Tonoeo - pull, Election by voting; ordination) is by and large the first time the sacrament of the priesthood. Formally charotonia- This is election of a person for ordination. But the remaining points of delivery are followed directly behind this, so the term covers all the sacrament of ordination: immediately for the election, the leading and evidence of the local church, which makes this supply for themselves.
The ordination in Deacon is made from the IPodyakonov, the priests from Deacons, in the bishops - from the monastic of priests (archimandritis). Accordingly, there are three types of ordination. In deacons and priests, one bishop can handraffer. The ordination in the bishop is performed by the Cathedral of the Bishops (according to the 1st rule of the Holy Apostles, at least two bishops). Dedication to the Dyakon, Presbytera and Bishop takes place in the altar, during the liturgy.
1. Charotonia dyakona"After the consecration of gifts, following the pronunciation of the words" and may the grace of the great God ... ".
2. Priest - After transferring the holy gifts from the altar to the throne.
3. Bishop - Before reading the apostle.
Cheshotésia (grech. Hyir - Hand and Typhy - I put, I appoint; shooting) - Worship, during which delivered to chickens. The delivery to the readers is made from the Mijan, in the IPodyakons - from the readers. Dedication is made by the bishop in the middle of the temple.
Dedicate to chickens during the next moments of worship.
1. B. reader and singer - Before reading the clock, on the closure of the bishop.
2. B. ipodyakona - By reading hours, before the start of the liturgy.
Conditions of the reality of Charotonia
In order for the charifion performed to be valid, compliance with the following conditions.
1. Act of Charotonia should be carried out in the temple (in the altar) in the meeting of the praying peoplewhich symbolically testifies to the dignity of the manheltered: the choir on behalf of those present sings "Axios" (that is, "worthy").
2. Charotonia must be committed in a certain order: from the lower degrees to the highest (that is, consistently from the Dyaconsky rank, which is handcrew from the IPodyakov) to the priestly and further to the Episcopian rank, not bypassing any of them. The term of stay on each of the hierarchical degrees is not defined in the canons. Waltzamamon in the interpretation of the 17th rule of the two-time cathedral: "... ordination for each degree, if necessary, should be accomplished in 7 days." In practice, however, the term of serving at a lowest extent is sometimes reduced to several hours (especially often when deacted in presbyters).
3. You can only apply for a certain place. In a certain temple. In the Orthodox Church is not allowed so-called absolute ordination Without a specific place of ministry of new-resistant. The sixth rule of the Chalkidon Cathedral says: "Decisively no one, nor in the presbyter, nor in the Diacon, is lower in which degree of churchago, not managing otherwise, as with the appointment of a handshaghago to the Church of Gradskaya, or rural, or to the martyrdom, or to the monastery. About the hands -wicked without exact destination, the Holy Cathedral determined: putting them to read invalid and anywhere not allowed them to ministry, to the Ambassador of them. "
4. Calotonia can not be repeated. The ordination, once correctly perfect, is not repeated under any circumstances, since such a repetition would mean the denial of its reality. Zonar, Involving the 68th Apostolic Rule, wrote: "You can think differently about twin ordains. For the manuened second time is looking for the second ordination or because he condemns his hands-made for the first time, or because from the hands-made to his second time hopes to take some grehod of the spirit and sanctify, as it has faith, or maybe leaving him Priesthood, again handcrew as it were, and for other reasons. In no matter how it did it, but also twice ordained and the hands-made to be the monster, excluding that case, if the first ordination was from heretics, because neither the baptism of heretic may not make anyone a Christian, nor the ordination will not make them cleric. So, I have no danger of ordained with heretics. "
5. An indispensable condition for the reality of the Episcopian Chirotonia is that it should not be performed at the site of the bishop, legally occupying the department.
6. 29th Apostolic Rule states: "Those who, bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, the money of this dignity will receive, will be erupted And he, and who set, and from communication is completely cut off. "
7. According to the 30th apostolic rule: " Those who bishop, the worldly bosses, using the bishops in the Church, will receive the Episcopian in the Church, and it will be erupted and, and all communicating with him. " Waltzamamon in the interpretation on the 29th and 30th Apostolic Rules clarifies the boundaries of their application: "But, maybe, who will ask, sting the 30th rule mentions one bishop, and equal to the 29th does not mention Ipodiakons and Readers, How to do if anyone is done at the request of the secular boss with the presbyter, or deacon, or an inademicon, or a reader? Solution: and they should be monstering and excavation based on last words of this 30th Rules, where it is said that the main culprits of evil are erupted and emit them, but also the accomplices of them. "
Chin dedication in the reader and singer
Reader and singer - The lowest degrees of church clearing, which, like preparation, should pass any preparing for the adoption of the Holy San. Dedication ( charotesia, supervision) In the reader, singer and IPodyakon is not a sacrament, but serves as a solemn rite of lacyanin nomination for serving in temple worship.
Chin supplies are made in the middle of the temple in front of the liturgia, on the cloud of the bishop.
Chin dedication in Vidyakon
According to the ancient charter in the circle of responsibilities of the IPodyakon, it was part: preparation for washing the hands of the bishop; controls that the announced came out of the temple before the start of the Liturgy faithful; The protection of the holy gates so that none of the unworthy entered the altar.
Now the dedication to the IPodyakon, as in the reader, is performed in the midst of the church in front of the liturgy, on the pleasure of the bishop. Sometimes this supply should be immediately for the initiation in the reader.
Chin ordination in the Dyakon
The duty of deacons is to help the priest and the bishop in the service, the management of flour and teaching. As they say in the resolutions of the apostolic, "Deacon will be a mind, eye, mouth, heart and soul of the angel and the prophet of the bishop and presbyter."
The ordination in the Dyakon can be performed both on the liturgies of St. John of Zlatoust and St. Vasily of the Great and on the liturgy of paid gifts. Since only anhyacon can do in the Dyakon, then often in practice it happens that Dyakonsky Charotonia is preceded by a dedication to the IPodyakon.
Chanication of priestly chirotonia
In the priest, heirotonisuits only on the liturgy of St. John of Zlatoust or St. Vasily of the Great. On the liturgy of paid gifts, which only happens in some weeks of the Great Post, the ordination in the priest is not supposed.
To order ordained to participate in the sanctification of gifts, the chironia is beginning at the end of the Kheruvim song after transferring the saints of the gifts from the altar to the throne.
Charotonia in the bishop
The duty of the bishop - "learning, to honest and manage" - not only combines the title of Dyakon and Presbyter in the entire fullness, but also extends much further than their limited rights. At the bishops there is a predominant duty to instruct and approve the flour to him in faith, piety and good deeds. And if the priest performs similar duties within its arrival, then for the bishop, according to the 58th apostolic rule, the circle of them is much broader - this is the flock of all the parishes of his diocese.
The bishop makes holy people who have no right to accomplish nobody more:
1) Miring and consecration of the world;
2) ordination of candidates for priesthood;
3) blessing for churchhood;
4) Consecration of temples and antimons.
In addition, the bishops carry out the completeness of church power and management. But the power of the bishop is not absolute - he has on himself the legislator and subordinate to his law: "The bishop manages the people of God together with the presbyters not on their own behalf and is not on the basis of the right, as the authorities from people, or through people, - he manages on behalf of God , as given by God for the service of management. Having a charisma reasoning and testing, the people indicate that all the shepherds committed in the church under the guidance of the shepherds is committed according to the will of God, on the revelation of the Holy Spirit. "
Chirotonia in the bishop is divided into several parts (renunciation, confession of faith and actually by the chuteonia on the liturgy), after which the newly represented participates in the commission of the Divine Liturgy and he is awarded to the archpastorsky rod.
Cahrotesia in the ranks of the archchyacone, protodiascone and ardent
The construction of these ranks is on liturgy in the middle of the temple during the entrance to the Gospel. These hairotesia are produced outside the altar, since, on the interpretation of Simeon Solunsky, they are "the essence of ordination in various external ministry. "
Chin awards a bootier, a closet, miter
For merits in front of the church, the priests who distinguished in the ministry may be awarded as a reward of a bootier, a blind man or miter. It happens on the liturgy during a small entrance.
The definition of the Sacred Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of May 7, 2003 and the Decree of the Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexyiii dated May 7, 2003 No. 2184 The abbot of the Moscow compound of the Holy Trinity Sergiye Lavra Archimandrite Longin was appointed Bishop Saratov and Wolly.
Bishop Longin (in the world - Korchagin Vladimir Sergeevich) was born on July 31, 1961 in Sukhumi Abkhaz ASSR in the family of employees. In 1977 he graduated from high school and entered the evening branch of the Philological Faculty of Abkhaz State University. During the training he worked as a guide and a teacher of Russian language and literature in high School. He graduated from the university in 1982, from October 1983 to May 1985 served in the ranks of the Armed Forces.
After demobilization from the army, he entered the Moscow spiritual seminary. In May 1986, he was accepted into the brotherhood of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. On July 21, 1986, he was tonsured in monasticism with the name Longin, in honor of the Martyr Longgin Centnik. August 29, 1986 ordained in Ierodicone, June 7, 1988 - in Hieromonach.
In 1988 he graduated from the Moscow spiritual seminary and was adopted in the Moscow Spiritual Academy. In October of the same year, it was aimed at studying in Bulgaria, to the Sofia Spiritual Academy of St. Clement Ohrid. During the training period in Bulgaria served as a freelance priest in the Russian church of St. Nicholas in Sofia. In 1992 he graduated from the Bogoslovsky Faculty of Sofia State University.
In July 1992, he returned to the Breath of Trinity-Sergiye Lavra and missed the Assistant Economy. On December 15, 1992, by the Decree of the Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexy II was appointed abbot of the Moscow coupling of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra. In May 1994, he was erected in San Igumen. In 1996, awarded the right to carry the closets. In 1998, he was awarded the right of wearing a cross with decorations. April 15, 2000 was erected in San Archimandrite.
In accordance with the definition of the sacred Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on August 13 in the houses of all saints, in the land of the Russian situation of the Patriarchal Residence of St. Danilov Monastery, the advent of Archimandrite Longgin (Korchagin) in the Bishop of Saratov and Wolish was committed. Chin Nasrey was headed by Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II. His Holiness served Metropolitans Kratytsky and Kolomna Yuvenaliy, Voronezh and Borisoglebsky Sergius, managing the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, Archbishops Tverskaya and Kashinsky Victor, Istra Arseny, Ryazan and Kasimovsky Pavel, Yaroslavl and Rostov Cyril, Bishops Philippopol Nonphone (Antioch Patriarchate), Orekhovo-Zuevsky Alexy , Krasnogorsk Savva, Baku and Caspian Alexander, Dmitrovsky Alexander, Sergiev Posad Feognost, Perm and Solikamsky Irinarh.
By the commission of worship, the newered bishop appealed to the head of the Church and his highly intended coaching agents with an established word.
Your Holiness, Holy Vladyko and a gracious father! Your Eminence, Your Highlights, Bless!
Your Holiness! God's property, according to your presentation, the sacred synod of the Russian Orthodox Church defined me to be a bishop of Saratov and Wolish.
I am sincerely confessing now in front of you your human impact and your unnecessary. And the consciousness of this gentity and unpleasantness, together with the understanding of the height and responsibility of the Archpastorsky ministry, cannot do not suffer. But at the same time, I will definitely believe that the decision of priestly in relation to me serves as the expression of the will of God. And therefore, with complete humility, I indulge in the fishery of the Almighty and Multi-facing gentlemen, a single hearter, from which nothing can hide, all the permeable and all test.
I thank the Lord for His mercy to me, for his care and the leadership, whom, looking around for living with me, I can not see it. Adoption in the heart of the gracious gift of faith in the living God, the forces necessary to preserve and raise this gift in the godless society, which was surrounded by, studying in Moscow spiritual schools and the life itself in the walls of such a favorite monastery of St. Sergius, - all this in The attitude of me is the case of a negligible divine mercy.
I thank you, your Holiness, thank you for the confidence that Mapanese from you now, thank you and for that high example of your ministry who had in front of all these years, while under your primitive omophore. Seeing your works for the benefit of the church of Christ, I could understand that the bishop is really a father for his flock, for those Chad of God, whom the Lord himself reserved him. And in your face, we all have such a father - who rejoicing the joys of their children who grieves them with mourn, the father of loving, patient and gracious to our disadvantages, incessantly raising in front of the throne God's prayer About our salvation.
I am grateful to all those people who helped me on the path of my Christian, monastic and pastoral formation, those in whom the Lord acted in my life. They were, fortunately, a lot. I thank the Vladyka Feoganoste, the governor of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, for his help and care for me. I thank our expensive father, the confessor of the Lavrian Braht Father Archimandrite Kirill. I thank you and loved ones, my loved ones - my mother and grandmother, who grow me, able to see and perceive the divine light of the truth of Christ.
You are not yours- says the Holy Apostle Paul, turning to all Christians in general, - for the costs are purchased. Therefore, glorify God and in your bodies, and in your souls who are the essence of God (Wed 1 Cor 6: 19-20). More than ever now, I am realized that my whole and the current one, and further life belongs not to me actually, but to God to give me. How do I understand the ministry to which the Lord calls me now? First of all, it, according to the word of the apostle, is truly good deed (1 Tim 3: 1). Good, for what could be kinder than to serve the main goal of the divine house building - the salvation of people and the construction of them to know God, to a unanimous union with him?
Lord, wanting to save the human race, he left heaven not to believe his will, but the will of his father sent (Wed. In 6:38). And the final execution of this will was the crucifixion of the Savior, to sacrifice himself for the suffering human race. So, the life of the bishop, designed to be, like the apostles, the imitator of Christ (see 1 Cor 4:16), is a constant renunciation of yourself and its human Will For the sake of the execution of the will of the Divine, constant self-reliance on the cross of selfless love for God and to people.
We live in a very difficult time: harvest, to participate in which we are called lot (See Matt 9:37). And a lot of people who have passed from the church, from Christ who forgot about God or even did not know Him. Many people believers, but in faith of truly not approved, choosing the temptations of the world and dying among them. Give these people the opportunity to know the uniform true God, to discover his great treasury of grace, the Orthodox Church, to teach them to look in their lives unified on the need (Wed. Lk 10:42) - This is the target, to devote all of your life there are true happiness for a person.
I am deeply convinced that it is impossible to pay a properly to the Lord for giving us. But at the same time, to each person, the Lord himself indicates the most well-beneficial image of such rejection. I also judged the Lord now to serve him and his church in the Episcopian Sana. This ministry is that it also combines the greatest honor, and the greatest burden. I am not worthy of honor. The burden is for me the most impossible person, truly unbearable. But I have all my hope for an almighty God, which is one acting VNAS power can be made incomparably most of all, what we ask or observe (Wed. Eph 3:20). And it is about the fact that I pray the Lord in order to grace him, which he leaves in the sacrament of the Charotonia, herself acted in me, Doctuchi my gestances, who felt my disadvantages, and most of all the salvation of people whom the divine craft leads my concerns and care.
I ask you, your Holiness, and you, the Bogomdory Archpastics, your father's blessing and prayers, so that in this gift the grace awarded, I did not carefully and incomprehensively, the beginning of the Episcopian ministry in the glory of the Christ Church and to save my own soul.
Allest Longin,
bishop Saratov and Volsky
August 19, 2003, on the day of the holiday of the Transfiguration of the Lord, in the Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ the Savior in the city of Moscow His Holiness Patriarch Moscow and All Russia Alexy II made the Divine Lighturgy and Charotonia of Archimandrite Longgin in the Bishop of Saratovsky and Volsky in the serving of Muttitsky Metropolitan and Kolomensky; Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Cyril, Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisoglebsky Sergius, managing the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan of Elassone Vasily (Eldelle Orthodox Church); Metropolitan of Nerkopsky Nathanaila (Bulgarian Distribution Church); Metropolitan Chernivtsi and Bukovinsky onufria; Archbishop Tula and Belevsky Alexy; Archbishop Tver and Kashinsky Victor; Archbishop of Kostroma and Galichsky Alexander, Chairman of the Department for Youth Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church; Archbishop Istra Arseny; Archbishop Tikhvinsky Constantine; Archbishop of the Virinka Evgeny, Chairman of the Training Committee with the Holy Synod of Rus-
orthodox Church; Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov Kirill; Bishop of Penza and Kuznetsky Filaret; Bishop of Tomsk and Assinsky Rostislav; Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky Alexy; Bishop of Tiraspol and Dubossar Justinian; Bishop of Krasnogorsk Savva; Bishop of Baku and Caspian Alexander; Bishop of the Stavropol and Vladikavkaz Faofan; Bishop of Dmitrovsky Alexander; Bishop of Sergiev Posad Feoganote; Bishop of the Bryansky and Sevsky Feofilakt; Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamasian George; Bishop Lyubertsy Veniamine.
At the solemn service there were plenipotentiary representative Russian Federation In the Volga Federal District S. V. Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation L. K. Sliska, the delegation of the Saratov region, headed by the Governor of D. F. Ayatskov, as well as other prominent Russian politicians and public figures.
Calotonia Vladyka Longin became semesaty bishops, committed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy during the first senior service at the Moscow Department, and the 83rd Charotonia, headed by him as a bishop.
Upon completion of the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy ripped out the new civilian word Bishop, and handed him a bishop rod, which Vladyka Longin taught his first archpastor blessing to believers, in a multitude of the gathered, in order to suffer a prayer for a new bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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The word of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, while presenting the bishop, the bishop of Saratov and Wolong Longin
Pre-Secretary Bishop Longin, the beloved in Christ fellow our!
The dignity of the Episcopal ministry in the Church of Christ is the ministry of the Apostolic Premium in the teaching, consecration and bringing the verbal herd of Christ to the Heavenly Kingdom.
Through the laying of the hands of the binders of the Lord called you now to take major Service and Apostolism (Dean 1:25).
You stand in front of us, clothed in the signs of bishops. You do not get one - the archpasty rod. But before we hand it with you, we should say the word edification before your entry into the hard path of the godfather of the Episcopal ministry.
Your bishop Cahrotonia took place on the day of the holiday of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Today you climbed a mental Favor for spiritual transformation, so that through the grace of the Holy Spirit to become a Party of Divine Glory and Using Light. You have reached the hero of hierarchical ministry approaching you to God, to the sky. But in the joy of the spiritual celebration, do not forget that the Lord talked about the Cross on the favore. Let it always remind you of difficult cross Path The bishop ministry, about those honeycombs that you gave when he knew into a monk and in the bishop confession.
Through the bishop is served in the church in the church, the grace of God, but this god's gift, from now on living in you, I need constantly ride (2 TIM 1: 6).
You must continually strive for spiritual perfection, which is an example of Pasom; be wise nut in the stormy ... performing a voyage, petitions, praying, thanksgiving for all people (1 Tim 2: 1) redeemed precious blood of Christ, like a delicate and clean lamb (1 Pet 1:19).
For good expansion, let you encourage you frequent reminder of the apostolic admonishness: be a model for faithful in the word, in life, in love, in the spirit, impere, clean (1 Tim 4:12).
Be faithful to the teachings of God to the last Yota and the features of the Law (Matthew 5:18), keep clean the apostolic teachings, the sacred canons of the Holy Cathedrals and the millennial traditions of our church.
Do not hope for your weak forces, but all the hope of placing the power of God, accomplished in the weakness (2 of the Code 12: 9) and cloing replenishable.
On all of us, children of the Russian Orthodox Church, lies responsibility for the future of our church. The time in which we live is performed by hopes, but this is a difficult time, the dying time, and the forces of darkness continue to be hidden and open opposition to our Church of Christ, trying to divide and weaken it. The basis of any separation is the lack of love. "You have a peaceful spirit, and thousands will be saved around you," said the Rev. Seraphim Sarovsky.
In the year of the century of glorifying in the face of the saints of this All-Russian designer of God, you call on the feat of the bishop ministry. May you have a good deal with the blessing of the reverend and the gloomy father of our seraphim Sarovsky, whose holy relics you wondered to bow down, taking part in the anniversary celebrations in Sarov and Diveyev. Dusty prayer appeals to reverend Seraphim Strengthen and support you.
On the path of the bishop ministry, the Lord urged you from the monastery of the reverend and the gloomy father of our Sergius. Stayed in the laurel Life-class Trinity Especially close and peculiar to rely on the prayers of St. Sergius and the entire host of the Radonezh saints.
Resort and to the near now for you the patronage of St. Moskovsky's saints. Let's hope that their prayers and invisible fertile testing and promotion will be promoting that the earliests of your new ministry are trusted for the church.
Accepting this rod. As the St. Philaret Moskovsky said, "our holy predecessors, our predecessors consumed it as the necessary suboro for the external human expanded by the exploits, when the inner was updated in them, since the external tel."
And now you will charge to the department and from the new grace of your grace teach the blessing of Orthodox people who have prayed for you during your charotonia.
In the preparation of this publication, Internet materials were used, first of all - the Communication Division of the Moscow Patriarchate Communication.
The sacrament of the priesthood (ordination) in the Orthodox Church, as happens, how is it right, Charotonia and Charothesi
The sacrament of the priesthood (ordination) in orthodox church, as happens, how correct, Calotonia and CharothesiMystery of Priesthood (ordination)
The following identification of this sacrament is given in Orthodox Catechism:
Priesthood there is a sacrament in which through the saint ordination on the correctly elected sophisticated Holy Spirit and supplies it to perform the sacraments and the mouth of the herd of Christ.
The whole church people constituting the body of the Church is divided into clergy and laity (clear and nation). To the cleir of the Orthodox Church belong priests and churchmen, whose ministry from the point of view of liturgical life is unequal, that is, their hierarchical powers are spread among themselves. The priests who belong to the right to commit sacraments and worships, in turn, have a hierarchical division: some of them are delivered to others at a higher level and are endowed with this greater spiritual power.
The clergy of the Orthodox Church can be far from every pious layman. The sacrament of priesthood Performed only above the rigorous believers manbelonging to the Clear (i.e. being an already church vehicle) in the first wedded marriage or adopted monastic vows, I. favorites for the construction of one of three degreeschurch hierarchy.
It should be noted that in the Church, any ministry is possible only on the basis of the graceful gifts, which in it and communicate. Only persons who received them can be clergy. therefore Ordination The church is not an appointment, but a gracious act, in which the gifts of the Spirit are sent. But these gifts will no longer be on the one whom God himself is intended and calls for the ministry. The church is actively involved in these elections and supplies.
Like all other sacraments, the priesthood has its own external and inner side.
Outside The sacraments make up the saint ordination of a properly selected goldenman, accompanied by the Cathedral Prayer. In the Christian Church, from the very beginning of its existence, ordination is the main affiliation of the sacrament of the priesthood. The Holy Apostles, having received power from Jesus Christ himself, transferred it to their successors through ordination: and elected Stephen, her husband, filled with the faith and spirit of the Holy, and Philip, and Prokhor, and Nikanra, and Timon, and Parmen, and Nicholas Antioch, addressed from the pagans; They were put in front of the apostles, and these, praying, laid hands on them (Acts 6; 5, 6). The apostles were drove the bishops erected by them to the Higher Sacred San, handraging candidates for priesthood in the same way.
Inner side The sacraments make up the grace of the Holy Spirit, taught by a manquiced in the Dyakon, a priest or a bishop. The priestly ministry cannot be performed "autonomously", human forces, as not any Christian to be made any good without the help of God. The difference here is only that the extremes of priesthood requires the same extraordinary graceful gifts, which are filed with the place in the sacrament.
Establishing a sacrament
The sacrament of the priesthood is established by the Lord by Jesus Christ, who chose from among his students first 12, and then 70 of the Apostles and gave them the power to learn and commit sacraments. Until his ascension, the Lord gave them the following promise: but you take strength when the Holy Spirit comes down at you; And you will witness in Jerusalem and in the whole Judea and Samaria and even to the edge of the earth(Acts. 1; 8). These words of the Lord were on the day of Pentecost, when he sent the Holy Spirit's apostles, who gave them the necessary for their service for their ministry: And they came to the sharing languages, as it were, fiery, and retired one at each of them. And all the spirit of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them to host them (Acts 2; 3, 4).
Since the time of the apostles grace of the Holy Spirit continuous Transmitted through ordination from bishops by bishops and the priests supplied by them. This continuity of the continuity relationship of the graceful gifts and the authorities of the priesthood is a prerequisite for the effectiveness of all the sacraments.
Unchanged with apostolic times remain and main liturgic cinemas.
1. Laying hands Apostle (in the post-apostolic period - bishop) on the head of the goldenman.
2. Cathedral prayer.
These liturgical molds precede election candidate for adoption in the sacred san. Ordination - the act of sacramental; In Him, according to John of Zlatoust, "a man has a hand, and all God does, and his hand applies to the head of the handwritten, if it must say."
Degree of church hierarchy
Clergy(grech. Claros - Loss), clergy, and - This is a combination of all the clergymen and christmaspersors of one temple. The Clear of the Russian Orthodox Church includes the priests and church believers of all its temples.
The lowest degree of clearing, which is obliged to pass every candidate for priesthood, is called church service. Dedication to the higher degrees of the church hierarchy is performed only after passing the lower degrees of the clearing, which are as if preparing.
Church service - lower cleric, on which the sacrament of the priesthood is not committed. Serves in the altar, helping the priests when committing church services and rites. Another name that is not used in canonical and liturgical texts, but which became generally accepted by the end of the 20th century in the Russian Church, is the altarist.
Right now in responsibilities of Altarnik Includes:
1) placing candles and lamps in the altar and in front of the iconostasis to the beginning of the service;
2) Preparation of vestments for priests and deacons;
3) Preparation of prosphorated, wines, water and incense;
4) inciting coal and preparation of Kadyl;
5) Help Dyakonu during the oral communion;
6) the necessary assistance to the priest when making the sacraments and demand;
8) reading during worship;
9) Bell ringing before and during worship.
Altarist is prohibited to touch the throne, the altar and their accessories; Move on one side of the altar to another between the throne and the royal gates.
Churchmen (current altarics) we divided into several groups that had certain responsibilities:
1) IPodyakons (in the ancient Church - subkyacons);
2) readers (psalters);
3) Pnomari;
4) Singers (cannonarchs) of the church choir.
The readers were known in the Old Testament Church. During worship they read from the book, from the Law of God, intent, and attached interpretation, and the people understood the read(Ne. 8; 8). The Lord himself Jesus Christ, coming to Nazareth, entered on Saturday's day in synagogue, and got up to read (Lux. 4; 16).
Since the Books of Holy Scriptures are read behind each Orthodox worship, Chin Chtern (lecturers) immediately established in the Christian Church. In the first century, all members of the Church could read in the temple - both clergy and laity, but later this ministry was gained by persons, especially skillful in reading. The readers were subordinate to the devices and entered the lowest clira. At the end of the second century lecturer ( grech. Anagnost) becomes an official in the church.
Were in the Old Testament Church and singers, called the church charter "canonarchs" (Okomyha's glazers, proliments, etc.). The Old Testament mentions Psalmopevtsev, Sacrednochetsov, singers and singers. They were divided into two pollos and managed the "chief of praise and prayer." Lord Jesus Christ, who has repeatedly challenged the Psalms and chants with the apostles disciples, consecrates the ministry of singers: And, having, went to Mount Eleon (Matt. 26; 30).
Priests - Persons who received in The sacrament of priesthood Grace to commit sacraments (bishops and priests) or directly participate in their commitment (deacons).
In the Orthodox Church exist three degrees of priesthood.
1. Deacon.
2. Presbyter (priest, hieraay).
3. Bishop (bishop).
Dedicated to the Dyacon gets grace to help when making sacraments. Dedicated to the priest (presbyter) gets grace for the sacraments. Dedicated to the bishop (bishop) gets grace not only to commit sacraments, but also to devote others to commit the sacraments.
Deacon(grech. Diaconos - Minister) - clergy first(younger) degree. He participates in public and private worship, serving in the sacraments, but not committing them. The title of Dyakon in the Christian Church was established by the apostles when they had seven husbands in the Jerusalem community filed, filled with saint spirit and wisdom (Acts. 6; 3). Since then, Dyakonsky priestly persists in church as the lowest degree of priesthood. Dyakon, depending on the circumstances of his ministry, is called:
1) ierodyakonif it consists in monastic rank;
2) shhyryodianif he accepted Schima;
3) protodyakon (first deacon)if he bears the post of senior deacon in white (married) clergy;
4) archiciacon (senior deacon)If he bears the post of Senior Dyakon in monasticism.
"Your Bogolyubie" or "Father Deacon" are addressed to the Dyacons.
Presbyter(grech. PRESSERP - elder) or priest, Ieria (grech. Jeréos is a priest) - a clergyman who can make six of the seven sacraments, with the exception of the sacrament of the priesthood. In San Presbyter, only after the goldenman was erected to the Dyaconsky Chin. The priest "is baptized, and sacred, but not a chirotoniscript, that is, it does not handusy others to commit the sacraments and cannot other people in San Ierhea or in other San, involved in the sacred rank." The presbyter can also not commit chrothesis and such priesthoods as the consecration of antimone and the sanctification of the world. His duties include learning entrusted to his care Christians dogmas faith and piety. The priest in the church hierarchy is subordinated to the deacons and church believers who fulfill their temple duties only by his blessing.
Presbyter, depending on the circumstances of his ministry, are called:
1) hieromonach(grech. Ieromnuhos - a priest-monk), if it consists in monastic rank;
2) schieieromonachif Ieromona accepted Schima
3) archpriest or protopressive (first jerey, first presbyter)if he is older from the presbyters of a white clergy;
4) igumencalled the first among the monastics (hieromonakh);
5) archimandritif he is the abbot of monastic monastery (although there are exceptions);
6) schiigumenor schirchimandrit Call Hegumen or Archimandrite, who accepted Schima.
To priests it is customary in the following way.
1. To the Ieries and Monastive Priests (Hieromonakh): " Your pretext".
2. To protoioles, igumen or archimandritis: " Your high-strength".
Unofficial appeal to clergymen: "Father" with the addition of a full name, as it sounds in Church Slavonic. For example, "Father Alex" (and not Alexey) or "Father John" (but not "Father Ivan"). Either just, as is customary in the Russian tradition, - " batyushka".
Bishop (grech. Epúskopos - warder) - the highest degree of clergy. The bishop can make all seven sacraments, including the sacrament of the priesthood. According to ancient tradition, only the priests of the Higher Monastic China - Archimandritis are devoted to San Bishop. Other bishop names: bishops, Hierarch (Sacred Bulk) or saint.
The ordination in the bishop is made by the Cathedral of the Bishops (according to the first rule of the Holy Apostles, there must be at least two applying bishings; according to the 60s of the Carthage Local Cathedral of 318, there should be at least three). According to the 12th rule of the Sixth Ecumenical Cathedral (680-681), which took place in Constantinople, the bishop must be nebanese . Now in church practice there is a delivery rule in the bishops from the monastic clergy.
To the bishine it is customary in the following way.
1. To the bishop: " Your Eminence".
2. To the archbishop or Metropolitan: " Your Eminence".
3. To Patriarch: " Your Holiness".
4. Some Eastern Patriarchs (sometimes to other bishops) appeal - " Your bliss".
Unofficial appeal to the bike: " Vladyko" (name).
San Bishopin administrative attitude it has several degrees.
1. Vicar bishop(or khaginskop.) - does not have its own diocese and helps the ruling bishop (usually metropolitan), which can give him the arrival of a small city or a village group, called vicariate.
2. Bishopmanages all the arrival of the whole area called the diocese. To the name of the bishop, which he has in monasticism, the name of the diocese managed by him is added.
3. Archbishop.(Senior Bishop) manages the diocese of a larger size than the bishop of this local church.
4. Metropolitan- This is a bishop of a large city and an adjacent area. Metropolitan can be governors in the face of Vicar Bishops.
5. Exarch(The original bishop) is usually a metropolitan of a large capital city. Several dioceses that are part of the Exarchate are subject to him, with their bishops and archbishopas, which are its governors. In the Russian Orthodox Church, for example, on this moment The Patriarch Exarch of All Belarus is Metropolitan Minsk and Slutsk Filaret.
6. Patriarch(Buddler) is the Primate of the Location Church, the highest chin of the church hierarchy. The full name of the local church, which he manages is always added to the name of the Patriarch. Elected from among the bishops on Loan Cathedral. He leads the leadership of the church life of the local church for life. Some local churches are headed by Metropolitans or Archbishops. The title of Patriarch was established by the fourth Ecumenical Cathedral, held in 451 in the city of Chalkidon (Small Asia). In Russia, Patriarchate was established in 1589, and in 1721 it was abolished and replaced by the collegial body - the sacred synod. In 1918, the Patriarchhood was restored at the ROC's Local Cathedral. Currently, there are the following Orthodox patriarchates: Constantinople (Turkey), Alexandrian (Egypt), Antioch (Syria), Jerusalem, Moscow, Georgian, Serbian, Romanian and Bulgarian.
Charotonia and Chirotesia
Charotonia and cheshotésia - Two convolets, radically different from each other. If the first is considered as the sacrament of a priesthood, reporting special graceful gifts supplied, then the second, according to the Archbishop of Veniamine, is a simple "ceremony that does not make the rank of honor and Ipodiakon by the priesthood." Therefore, Cheronia is Sacrament, and Chrotesia - a rite that does not report gifts Priesthood, but dedicated to the right to one of the posts in the church.
Charotonia (grech. Hyir - Hand and Tonoeo - pull, Election by voting; ordination) is by and large the first time the sacrament of the priesthood. Formally charotonia- This is election of a person for ordination. But the remaining points of delivery are followed directly behind this, so the term covers all the sacrament of ordination: immediately for the election, the leading and evidence of the local church, which makes this supply for themselves.
The ordination in Deacon is made from the IPodyakonov, the priests from Deacons, in the bishops - from the monastic of priests (archimandritis). Accordingly, there are three types of ordination. In deacons and priests, one bishop can handraffer. The ordination in the bishop is performed by the Cathedral of the Bishops (according to the 1st rule of the Holy Apostles, at least two bishops). Dedication to the Dyakon, Presbytera and Bishop takes place in the altar, during the liturgy.
1. Charotonia dyakona"After the consecration of gifts, after the pronunciation of words" and will be the grace of the great God ... ".
2. Priest - After transferring the holy gifts from the altar to the throne.
3. Bishop - Before reading the apostle.
Cheshotésia (grech. Hyir - Hand and Typhy - I put, I appoint; shooting) - Worship, during which delivered to chickens. The delivery to the readers is made from the Mijan, in the IPodyakons - from the readers. Dedication is made by the bishop in the middle of the temple.
Dedicate to chickens during the next moments of worship.
1. B. reader and singer - Before reading the clock, on the closure of the bishop.
2. B. ipodyakona - By reading hours, before the start of the liturgy.
Conditions of the reality of Charotonia
In order for the charifion performed to be valid, compliance with the following conditions.
1. Act of Charotonia should be carried out in the temple (in the altar) in the meeting of the praying peoplewhich symbolically testifies to the dignity of the manheltered: the choir on the person of those present sings "Axios" (that is, "worthy").
2. Charotonia must be committed in a certain order: from the lower degrees to the highest (that is, consistently from the Dyaconsky rank, which is handcrew from the IPodyakov) to the priestly and further to the Episcopian rank, not bypassing any of them. The term of stay on each of the hierarchical degrees is not defined in the canons. Walsamamon in the interpretation on the 17th rule of the Two-Start Cathedral noted: "... ordination for each degree, if necessary, should be accomplished in 7 days." In practice, however, the term of serving at a lowest extent is sometimes reduced to several hours (especially often when deacted in presbyters).
3. You can only apply for a certain place. In a certain temple. In the Orthodox Church is not allowed so-called absolute ordination Without a specific place of ministry of new-resistant. The sixth rule of the Chalkidon Cathedral says: "Decisively nobody, nor in the presbyter, nor in the deacon, is lower in which degree of churchago, not managing otherwise, as with the appointment of a handshagin to the Church of the Gradskaya, or rural, or to the martyrdom, or to the monastery. About the hand-made without exact destination, the Holy Cathedral determined: the delivery of them to read invalid and nowhere to admit them to the ministry, to the Ambassador of them.
4. Calotonia can not be repeated. The ordination, once correctly perfect, is not repeated under any circumstances, since such a repetition would mean the denial of its reality. Zonar, Invoaking the 68th Apostolic Rule, wrote: "You can think differently about twice ordains. For it is looking for the first ordination for the first time or because he condemns his hands-made for the first time, or because he hoped to take some kind of hand The grace of the Spirit and sanctify, as it has faith in him, or, maybe, leaving the priesthood, again handcrew as it should first, and for other reasons. No matter how it did, but also twice ordained and hand-made it is to be monsted, excluding The case, if the first ordination was from heretics, because neither the baptism of heretic can do anyone a Christian, nor the ordination of them will make the cleric. So, there are no danger of ordained heretics. "
5. An indispensable condition for the reality of the Episcopian Chirotonia is that it should not be performed at the site of the bishop, legally occupying the department.
6. 29th Apostolic Rule states: "Those who, bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, the money of this dignity will receive, will be erupted And he, and who put, and from communication, he cut off very much. "
7. According to the 30th Apostolic Rules: " Those who bishop, the worldly bosses, using the bishops in the Church, will receive the Episcopian in the Church, and it will be erupted and, and all communicating with him. "Walsamamon in the interpretation on the 29th and 30th Apostolic rules clarifies the boundaries of their application:" But maybe, who will ask, sting 30rd the rule mentions one bishop, as well as 29- e does not mention Ipodiakons and readers, then what to do if anyone becomes at the request of the secular boss with the presbyter, or deacon, or an inadecocon, or a reader? Solution: and they should be moled and excommunication on the basis of the last words of this 30th Rules, which states that they are not alone the main culprits of evil are erupted and ease, but also accomplices. "
Chin dedication in the reader and singer
Now the dedication to the IPodyakon, as in the reader, is performed in the midst of the church in front of the liturgy, on the pleasure of the bishop. Sometimes this supply should be immediately for the initiation in the reader.
Chin ordination in the Dyakon
The duty of deacons is to help the priest and the bishop in the service, the management of flour and teaching. As they say in the resolutions of the apostolic, "Deacon will be a mind, eye, mouth, heart and soul of an angel and the Prophet of the Bishop and Presbyter."
The ordination in the Dyakon can be performed both on the liturgies of St. John of Zlatoust and St. Vasily of the Great and on the liturgy of paid gifts. Since only anhyacon can do in the Dyakon, then often in practice it happens that Dyakonsky Charotonia is preceded by a dedication to the IPodyakon. The duty of the bishop - "learning, to honest and manage" - not only combines the title of Dyakon and the Presbyter in its entirety, but also extends much further than their limited rights. At the bishops there is a predominant duty to instruct and approve the flue entrusted to him in faith, piety and good deeds. And if the priest performs similar duties within its arrival, then for the bishop, according to the 58th apostolic rule, the circle of them is much broader - this is the flock of all the parishes of his diocese. external
The meaning of the sacrament
The sacrament of the priesthood is the sacrament of the initiation (ordination, Greek of Charoidonia) in the clergy: Diacon, priest or bishop.
During this sacrament, the Favorites descends the Holy Spirit and supplies it to make sacraments and "grazing herd of Christ", that is, to instruct people in faith, church life and good deeds. Deacon participates in worship, the priest can independently perform the sacraments, the bishop commits the sacraments, manages the church and can supply new deacons, priests and bishops.
The history of the sacrament
Over his Resurrection, Christ appeared to students and said: "Take the Holy Spirit. Who forgive sins, wait for that; On whom, leave, on that will remain "(the Gospel of John, Chapter 20, Poems 22-23). Thus, the Lord of His grace gave the Apostles a special power.
In turn, the apostles set priests, bishops and deacons.
Translated into Russian "Deacon" means "minister". Deacon is the lowest degree of clergy. Deacons were engaged in the affairs of mercy, charity, their function was purely service. Currently, deacons help priests during the service.
The second degree of priesthood is a presbyter, or priest. This is also a Greek word that is translated into Russian as an elder, a man, wise experience. In addition to the priests in the communities there were bishops that in Russian means "accommodation". In those days, presbyters and bishops did not differ among themselves, as now: those and others committed a liturgy, and the power over the church life belonged to the apostles themselves.
After the apostles moved to the Lord, their power was transferred to the bishops. Since then, the bishops are headed by the church, handicraft priests and deacons.
What is needed to commit the sacrament of priesthood
The clergyman can be an adult man who does not have so-called canonical obstacles for ordination.
Canonical obstacles are grave sins committed in the past: murder, theft and other criminal offenses, drunkenness, fornication (extra-wedliness), adultery (treason of wife or communication with a married woman). Future priest It may be married only once, and his wife should also not be widow or divorced and should not have in the past of prodigal sins. The exception is the case when a person performed serious sins, was divorced or entered into a second marriage before baptism - because in baptism there is a birth of a man.
The bishop can only be a monk.
How does ordination goes
The sacrament of the priesthood can only make a bishop.
The ordination of the Diacon is made at the end of the liturgy, after the consecration of holy gifts and singing "is worthy and righteous"; The ordination of the priest - after the singing of the "Kheruvim Song", that is, before the consecration of holy gifts, and then a new-resistant priest also serves with other priests by Liturgy; The ordination of the bishop is performed after singing "Holy God". In other words, the higher the degree of priesthood, the earlier the ordination is performed on the liturgy.
The bishop places his hand on the chosen one and says a special prayer (it is called a secractive), calling for him the grace of the Holy Spirit. When the hands-to-manic clothing are appropriate to the San, the bishop hurts "Axios", which means "worthy", and the choir repeats this exclamation. According to the charter, it takes three times.