What are the external appearance of the Orthodox churches?
Next. The temples we see, get more cha-STU special, different from ordinary homes, and vasvi-sennim, skyward view; at the base have some kind of cross, other ship or star; at the top they de-bark the domes the domes the domes with the crosses, — some by one, others three and five chapters. Peredney his part, the altar, the churches are always facing the East.
Fig. Temples.
Mean that are special, different from ordinary houses, and stately view of the temples?
Special, different from ordinary houses, of the churches mean that they are special, different from their buildings as the house of God, the Holy place for Christian meetings. Sublime same, skyward view of the temples indicates that the purpose for which there is a Church on earth, that society of true believers, it is the preparation for eternal blissful life in heaven.
That mean that some of the temples have the form of a cross, the other vehicle or the stars?
The fact that some of the temples have the form of a cross, signified that salvation accomplished by the Savior's suffering on the cross and accomplished through the cross, ie, dedication, hardship and afflictions of believers. What other of the temples have the form of a ship, shall mean that, as righteous Noah could be saved from the flood only in the ark, and as a sailor can safely cross the sea and reach the pier, to which is committed only to the ship; so we, just belonging to the Orthodox Church, can avoid everlasting destruction from the waves of the world and sins and attain bliss in heaven. The fact that some churches have a form of stars, signified that the doctrine of the Church that Christ, like the stars, dispersing the darkness of the night, dispersed in the world the darkness of paganism and sin, and illuminated with the light of truth and virtue.
Meaning adjustable domes on the churches?
The firmament of the heaven to outwardly show what the temple is like heaven on earth as it as in heaven, God lives in a special way.
What do mean by the heads of the Church and in particular on one —one, others three and five?
The heads of the Church generally mean that the Church, like society, has a Chapter that is driven, and of Christ the Saviour, the founder of Your. One Chapter, shall mean one head of the Church is Jesus Christ. Three—the most Holy Trinity, professed by the Church and that all involved in the management and salvation of the Church: God the Father deigned to send into the world His Son and to accept sufferings and His death as a sacrifice for the sins of men; God the Son suffered for people and even made a Church; the Holy Spirit, I. after the ascension of Christ into heaven, sent down from heaven, is doing in the Church ordinances and rescues believers. Five heads mean Jesus Christ surrounded by four Evangelists, to the end of the century preachers of the faith and of the Church of Christ in the gospel and through the gospel the closest assistants I. Christ in building His Church.
What do the crosses on the domes of temples?
The fact that the head of the Church is Jesus Christ, crucified on the cross. On the other hand that the weapon that defeated the devil and took him from slavery and power make up the Church people when they were still unbelievers, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ, and Which the Church makes war against the enemies of his salvation, is the cross of Christ, i.e. the procession of the suffering and death of Christ and faith in Him, crucified on the cross.
That mean that churches peredney part of his, i.e. the altar, are facing the East?
East is the place mnogozvuchie for the Christian in relation to faith. So: the East, as the place is light, bright and depicts him, i.e. Holy and blessed Kingdom of Christ I. where He dwells with all his saints; whereas the West, as the place is dark, represents the image of the dark i.e. sinful Kingdom of Satan. Therefore, the appeal of the temple with the altar to the East depicts the aversion of the faithful from Satan, deliverance from his power and from sin, Union with Christ and the saints, addressing them with prayer. Moreover, the East was a heaven, where is relished by our grandparents, where we were blissfully happy would be if they had not sinned, and in their face all of us. In the East the beginning of the Church of Christ: there our first parents sinned was the promised Saviour, there in the land of Palestine, where the Jews lived, the chosen people of God, was born, taught, suffered and died and established the Church, i.e. the community of believers, the Saviour, the Head of the Church. To the East, the Church spread throughout the universe, and why it is called East. From the East shall come to judge the human race the Lord judge. Therefore the only decent East facing temples where prayers for the Church itself.
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