Christian cult goes back two thousand years.During this time his ritual practice evolved in an extremely complex ceremonies.Of course, for the full implementation of the last of the necessary material base: vestments of the priests, the temple premises, church utensils and other items, without which it can not take place, no service and no sacrament.This article will consider the utensil, which is used in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Temple church utensils
Sacred objects, which are used in the temple area, not so much.The first is the chandelier - chandelier church.In large churches hung several chandeliers.
Unlike simple objects lighting, chandeliers ritual play a role - they are included in certain moments of worship to designate special places significant and solemn ceremony.Previously, they used candles or oil lamps oil.Today, almost all the churches use electric lighting.
second object general church use - candle holders, or as they are called, candlesticks.They are something like the dishes, dotted with small coasters to fine church candles.In the middle of the candlesticks placed an oil lamp, which is kept fire.Its meaning is directly related to the purpose Shandalov - they are placed along the perimeter of the temple at the icons, as well as near the altar, so that people who come to pray, could put in front of images of sacrificial candle.To be able to light it, and must be constantly burning the lamp.
altar utensils Church utensils of the altar is more diverse since diaconal, priestly and bishop's ceremony included a great many sorts of "widgets."The most famous of them, of course, the censer.It's a metal bowl, suspended on chains.Use this tool to burn incense, that is fumigation temple incense - a traditional Middle Eastern tar ointment.
But the most important in the Orthodox Church has the following utensils: a chalice, paten, spear, lzhitsa, Zvezdica and pokrovtsy.Together they are called the Eucharistic set, as used for the commission of the most important sacraments of the Christian Church - the Eucharist.The chalice is a metal cup that looks like a large goblet.It poured the Eucharistic wine.Paten - this dish on a stand designed for bread.Spear - a kind of knife that cut the bread ritual.Lzhitsa, that is spoon is used to eucharistic communion gifts of the faithful.Zvezdica top covered paten, then to entrust him with veil - small fabric covering.In the same pokrovtsom covered and chalice.
There are many other, less important items of church worship: vessels for wine, oil, bread, altar crosses, tabernacles and so forth. But these attributes we will not stop here.
production utensils
presence of a large number of Orthodox churches in Russia requires mass production of church utensils.There are many small factory and workshops that offer a choice of products, but the official and main enterprise among them - "Sofrino" church plate which is the product directly to the Moscow Patriarchate.It's a big plant, serving the whole of Russia and some CIS countries.It is situated in the suburbs in the same settlement.
There are internal instructions for the clergy, prohibiting or restricting the acquisition of the necessary religious objects anywhere besides Sofrino.Church plate thus has a huge cost and often no different quality for often complain that the clergy.
Alternative factories producing products on the order of better quality, both on the internal characteristics and visual.They are located in different cities and regions.But the main place of concentration of enterprises, which made church utensils - Moscow.
Conclusion
church utensils Full list has dozens of items.Among them there are quite peculiar, such as ripidami - round metal image seraphim on a long handle.Once they were made of feathers, to ward off the flies, and today is used without much use for pomp and solemnity episcopal worship.
