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How to Get Holy Water: Three Ways, and Why Not to Buy It Online
What the video says
The speaker says holy water is not something to buy online unless you live far from any church, and gives three ways to get it. First, ask your priest to bless your home, usually after Theophany, when he prays for your family, blesses every room, and you can ask him to leave some water with you. Second, at Theophany on the 6th of January, or the 19th of January on the old calendar, the church blesses the waters and everyone brings bottles to take holy water home.
Third, many churches do a short blessing of water at the start of every month, so you can bring clean bottles and never run out; if your church does not do this, you can ask your priest to bless water for you. At home, keep it in a clean bottle in your icon corner, as God's blessing in your home.
Key moments
- Holy water is not something to buy online unless you live in a rural area with no church nearby.
- First way: ask your priest to bless your home, usually after Theophany; he prays for your family, blesses every room, and you can ask him to leave some holy water with you.
- Second way: at Theophany on the 6th of January, or the 19th of January on the old calendar, the church blesses the waters and everyone brings bottles to take holy water home.
- Third way: in many churches, usually at the start of every month, the priest does a short blessing of the water, so you can bring clean bottles and take water home all year.
- Ask your church when they bless water, and if they do not, ask your priest to bless some for you.
- At home, keep holy water in a clean bottle in your icon corner.
The speaker explains that holy water is not something to buy online unless you live far from any church, and gives three ways to obtain it. The first is to ask your priest to bless your home, usually after Theophany. During the blessing he prays for your family, blesses every room, and you can ask him to leave some holy water with you.
The second is at Theophany itself, on the 6th of January, or the 19th of January on the old calendar, when the church blesses the waters and everyone brings bottles to take holy water home. The third is the monthly blessing of water that many churches hold at the start of every month, so you can bring clean bottles and take water home all year.
If your church does not hold such a blessing, the speaker says you can ask your priest to bless water for you, and suggests asking your church when they bless water. At home, holy water should be kept in a clean bottle in your icon corner, as God's blessing in your home. The discussion centers on practical access to holy water through the parish and the priest rather than through purchase, and on the calendar dates for Theophany, the home blessing that follows it, and the simple practice of keeping a supply in the icon corner.
Main points
- Holy water is not something to buy online unless you live in a rural area with no church nearby.
- Ask your priest to bless your home, usually after Theophany; he prays for your family, blesses every room, and you can ask him to leave some holy water with you.
- At Theophany on the 6th of January, or the 19th of January on the old calendar, the church blesses the waters and everyone brings bottles to take holy water home.
- Many churches bless water at the start of every month; if yours does not, ask your priest to bless some for you.
- Keep holy water in a clean bottle in your icon corner, as God's blessing in your home.