What not to wear a cross with Bashny.Net

The cross is a talisman that every Orthodox receives at baptism. It is customary to wear it around the neck and never take off to protect yourself from all evil and have a symbol of good, spiritual and divine.

There are many myths about what you can and can not wear with a cross. Let’s see which ones are true and which ones are fiction from a church point of view.

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Very devout people often wear crosses. crossAnd with him, and iconThe day they were born. The Church does not forbid this. The only warning in this case is not to put everything on one chain. Those who buy additional amulets will have to purchase chains for them.

The cross is the main symbol of Orthodoxy, images of saints are secondary, they can be worn simultaneously, but separately from each other.





Claim that cross You can’t wear it with jewelry, it’s a complete invention. Otherwise, many believers would never decorate themselves. After all, the canons of the church are prescribed to wear the cross without taking off even at night.

If a person wants to wear earrings, a ring, a bracelet, this is his right. The cross is not a hindrance to that. It should remain on the body along with the selected jewelry.





As for jewelry such as pendant, medallion, suspension, they too, as in the case of icons, should be worn separately from the cross on another chain. It is also desirable that the decoration be of the same material as the cross. The only exception is jewelry.

The cross is a somewhat intimate thing. It should hang on a chain of such length that it can be hidden under clothing. Jewelry, on the contrary, should be visible, in this their function is to make a person more noticeable.





The priests are very careful about magic and esoteric symbols. They include pendants depicting zodiac signs, pagan or runic amulets, feng shui symbols, all sorts of talismans and amulets.





Here the priests are unanimous: Orthodox symbols should not be combined with the symbols of other faiths or denominations. And even more so with the magical, astrological and esoteric. All these things are charged with absolutely different energy, if you wear them at the same time, then one will overlap the other, and not add up.









Do not think that together all the symbols will work better, attracting luck and protecting from trouble. It is necessary to choose either symbols of the Orthodox faith and the true faith itself, or magic and sorcery. Did you know about these rules before?