When asking yourself the question of how to be baptized, think about whether you formulated it correctly. What do you want to know about? About how to make the sign of the cross correctly or about how to receive baptism? Let's try to briefly clarify both aspects.
First, let's explain how to be baptized, that is, make the sign of the cross. The sign of the cross in all Christian denominations is an appeal to God with a request for deliverance from sins and the sending down of God's mercy. Orthodox Christians believe that the sign of the cross has a blessed mighty power. And to the question “how to be baptized,” each of them will answer: “Correctly and reverently.” In modern Orthodoxy, in order to cross yourself correctly, you must evenly connect the index, middle and thumb fingers, and press the little finger and ring finger to the palm of your hand. Then slowly put your fingers to your forehead, lower to your stomach (but not to your chest), then to your right shoulder and, finally, to your left. At the same time, they mentally say: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen.”
Now let's figure out how to be baptized, become a Christian.
Let's start with the fact that in Orthodoxy it is customary for children to be baptized shortly afterbirth. If you were not baptized in infancy, you can be baptized as an adult: contact the priest or rector of the temple of your choice. You will be told in detail about what and how to do in order to properly prepare for the acceptance of one of the sacraments of the Church. The period of preparation for baptism is shorter for some, longer for others. At this time, you will find the answer not only to the question of how to be baptized, you will learn the rules of church Christian life, learn how to behave and pray in the temple.
Speaking of the sign of the cross, one cannot but say that this symbol came from ancient times. Since ancient times, it was considered by many peoples as a powerful amulet. Archaeologists find it on many ancient objects of worship, on buildings, household items and decorations. For Christians, he became a symbol of their faith, since Christ sanctified him by his death on the cross.
Faith in the great protective power of this symbol was reflected in the fact that among many peoples clothes and other products were decorated with embroidery with a cross. A clear evidence of this is the embroidered shirts and towels that have come down to us, and even great-grandmothers. Nowadays, embroidery is back in fashion, and therefore many are interested in how to cross stitch correctly.
The cross stitch technique is not very complicated, and even a child can master it. Each embroidery cross consists of two half-cross stitches of equal length: one is inclined to the right, the second is to the left, which fill the square of the picture field.
Cross-stitch refers to counting types, thenthere is a needlewoman who makes exactly as many stitches in one direction as necessary to complete an image or ornament, and then overlaps them with stitches with the opposite slope. It is very important to ensure that in all rows the top stitches are slanted to one side. Then the embroidery looks smooth and neat, and with a multi-color design, the uniformity of the color is not disturbed.
Having mastered the technique of this needlework, you can easily figure out how to cross-stitch according to the pattern. After all, on it each cross is indicated by a square of the corresponding color or an icon. Having counted how many crosses of the same color in a row, they embroider them on the canvas. Then they move on to the second row, counting how many crosses need to step back in one direction or another. This is how the embroidered fabric is formed.
