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b2bcfa No.586118

Isn't it redundant to bless them? why do some Orthodox traditions do this?

a4b792 No.586143

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bless this


aa63db No.586146

Blessing is a synonym of thanking someone according to 1 chronicles 29:10-13 . I am not sure why you would thank a inanimate object.


2fcfab No.586160

>>586118

They're normally written while in continuous prayer, often by clergy or members of religious orders. You can bless them to someone's use, but I'd say the blessing is innate from the means of their creation.


b2bcfa No.586199

>>586146

(you)

>>586160

does that apply to copies?


2fcfab No.586203

>>586199

I dunno


7b5dce No.586210

ask your spiritual father, he will be happy to tell you


b416d4 No.586216

>Do icons need to be blessed?

Burned*

There shall be no idolatry in my house

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b863cf No.586219

>>586216

Mashallah brother


9816c4 No.586238

>>586143

>>586216

(You)

>>586118

Not sure why you'd think it's redundant. While it is true that they are written in constant prayer, I have them blessed no matter what, because that's what my spiritual father advises me to do. I don't know of anyone who would say otherwise but in my opinion and the opinion of my spiritual father you should always have items for personal devotion (icons, prayer ropes, etc.) blessed


ba41a3 No.586241

>>586216

Then burn all your family photos, ESPECIALLY those that have died. I can't stand to see Baptist families have these photos of relatives who died in Iraq, 9/11 or some other "disaster" they justify for their ancestor/pagan worship.


3186f8 No.586328

>>586118

Why is it redundant? Without blessing they are unsanctified objects. With blessing they are sanctified objects. Blessing is a powerful


cb47ac No.586331

>>586328

Because the image leads us to the prototype, it is already sanctified in itself. An icon is also a "material" prayer, which already makes it holy.

>>586238

I always assume that the icons I buy were blessed… Do you think I should bless them myself just in case anyway?


cb47ac No.586334

>>586331

Or maybe go straight to getting them blessed by a priest? But that sounds like just bothering them over a trivial matter.


86a603 No.586339

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>>586241

I don't worship pictures of my family. Also my family doesn't look like aliens


76c71d No.586347

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>>586219


ba41a3 No.586356

>>586339

You're not fooling anyone. We all know you're an alien now.


86a603 No.586358

>>586356

ayy lmao


72f907 No.586366

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>>586216


f963d3 No.586388

>>586331

>>586334

>buy it blessed

That's a thing? I dunno, I would just buy the icon normally and ask your spiritual father/priest about having them blessed. If he says it isn't necessary, then just go about your own way. If he says to get them blessed, then let him bless them. Heck, I'm pretty sure there's a section in the Liturgion about blessing items. This is the only advice I can give you.


92bc28 No.586396

>>586216

/thread


3e5c94 No.586412

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>>586143

>>586146

>>586216

>>586366

I get banned for gnostic posting and these Prots get free reign. Mods, if you want to ban gnostics then you should ban these Prots as there is an undeniable gnostic stench that animates their rotten spirits. Everything from their iconoclasm, their irreverence or even outright mockery of God's mother, their scorched earth view of man's position in relation to creation, and even their views on government from theonomy to total seperation of church and state all point to the same gnostic error.

>mfw someone disrespects the Holy Images

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118876 No.586415

>>586412

all heresies die out in due time


70e0b8 No.586463

>>586412

I don't get the joke


735747 No.586479

I was just given an icon as a gift, what do I do with it? I have it on top of a bookshelf with a few other things I was given at church over the past year or so, is that proper? I'm not yet Orthodox but soon will start the process of begoming.


5a5d85 No.586501

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>>586216


a63a0b No.586621

>>586501

You really aren't doing the "protestants just make themselves God and the ultimate authority" meme any favors



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