Posted on 09/21/2015 6:14:53 PM PDT by marshmallow
Why not just bless the oceans/lakes/water supplies? Holy water everywhere....
The Nun speaks the TRUTH!!
In our Orthodox parishes, we normally bless water at Theophany (The Great Blessing of the Waters), at the usual time of the Lesser Blessing of the Waters in August, and at every Baptism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_water_in_Eastern_Christianity
It always takes a long time!!!!
According to the Wikipedia article, the Lesser Blessing of the Waters may be done throughout the year, “according to need”. I have never seen that done. But I imagine it was done—in Belgrade—because of the need to bless the streets after their desecration by the Sodomites and foreign agents!!!!
I wish that we had Orthodox Priests and Bishops with the courage to bless the streets of our American cities with Holy Water after they are sullied by “pride week”!!!!
http://fbreporter.org/2015/03/21/dveri/
I hope that Dveri Srpske—and Serbian Hierarchs—will stage a Family Parade in Belgrade again to counter the “Parade of Shame” (as Patriarch Irinej and several other Serbian Bishops call it)!!!!
They do blessings of rivers, lakes, etc. They still pray to God to bless the water before they use it to symbolize God’s blessings.
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