How should a woman be dressed in a temple?

For many who visit the temple, the picture is familiar when, especially in the morning, people from all directions rush to the service. And usually most fast-paced people are women.

Have you ever watched how they are dressed? Or did not stop your eye in the picture, when in front of the entrance the woman lively pulls the skirt over the tight trousers and vividly goes inside. Or a lot of ladies in transparent blouses, open neckline, bright makeup, and other seemingly unacceptable details of the wardrobe. And the question comes by itself, but what should a modern Christian woman look like? What can be considered vulgar, and what is the norm considering the current life, fashion and style and thinking of many women. So, what kind of woman is a Christian, or rather, how should a woman be dressed in a temple?

The opinion of the church.

The Church believes that in our life everything is thought out, interrelated and conditioned, and accidents are excluded, this applies to the woman's clothes in the church. Usually the entire relationship between the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of the commandments, and the reflection of man's actions on his life is described in a holy letter. About women's clothes are not much to say, but all descriptions are reduced to a rather modest appearance, the presence on the woman only of women's clothing, as well as necessarily covered head. Such descriptions can be found in the New Testament, as well as 1 st. Cor. St. Apostle Paul. The main thing is to correctly understand these teachings, and accept the fact that all writings concerning the presence of a covered head concern only women, that is, wives and mothers, but not girls and girls. According to church customs, a girl and a girl were associated with purity and innocence, so they had every right, they are not covered in the church. And during the sacrament, the holy father asked the girls if they had a scarf or scarf to take them off, and partake with their heads uncovered. The only restriction was the presence of outer clothing with the sacrament. This rule was strictly observed and concerned completely all. The most interesting is that our ancestors knew and understood these truths, but contemporaries often twist it in their own way, making a whole demonstration from the once spiritual process, and after all, faith is a deeply intimate part of our life, to which no outsider should be allowed.

A special conversation deserves a modern pants fashion. The mention of this issue is usually accompanied by both a wave of support and protest. If you follow fashion, then the question of wearing a woman's pants or not, probably, is not even subject to challenge, because everyone has the right to choose for himself what he likes and what is convenient and practical. But, we should not forget that when we come to the temple, we go not to the podium, and from the point of view of the church, the question of trouser fashion is more acute. Here it will be a question not of our physical comfort, but of the spiritual. Is it comfortable for us to accept the division created by God between man and woman, and adhere to this division, not only spiritually, but also in clothing, behavior, way of life. And how often did you notice how girls in their habits resemble boys more, and not the best education, and at the same time they are disrespected by peers - boys, who, taking it for one of them, allow not to remember the limits of decency. And to change this, the first thing that needs to be done is the easiest step - to change clothes. It is on clothes that you can judge a lot. Initially, it is designed, just to warm the body and hide it from looks, but it should not go into a cult and serve as a stimulus to the spiritual disintegration of the person.

Clothes, what it should be.

The right clothes, in which a woman should be dressed, come to the temple, must comply with only a few rules, which should not be obstructed by any Christian. The first requirement that is imposed on women's clothing in the temple is its not an obstacle to visiting the temple and praying neither for the woman herself, nor for her surroundings. Accordingly, in the performance of bows, and other movements nivkoem case should not be denuded or stretched parts of the body, as well as impede movement. Closed should be the stomach, shoulders, lower back, chest, as well as the entire line of the thigh to the knees. Silhouettes that are preferred in such clothes are usually trapezoid, allowing to emphasize femininity, regardless of the type of figure, and at the same time to exclude excessive clinging. The calling of clothes in which a woman must visit the temple is designed to reflect her inner peace and spiritual values, while bearing the light image of the church, without creating stereotyped images of figures dressed in dark clothes. When a person comes to the temple for prayer, sometimes he can not immediately adjust himself to the right way, and sometimes one has to keep away from himself thoughts about the problems of the daily. Therefore, if a woman is in the temple, her appearance should not attract the eye and distract the thoughts of all present, from the true purpose by which they came. Do not forget that the right clothes do not mean neither fashionable nor attractive.

A vivid example of the fact that a woman should be dressed when she comes to the temple is not only something awkward, as many people are used to, but, and can be dressed beautifully and brightly, is a traditional national dress. According to the church canons, most folk costumes are like nothing better for visiting temples. At the same time, it easily combines brightness, multifunctionality and the main modesty.

An unwritten rule.

There is one more rule, which, unfortunately, now seldom adheres to the temples. And it sounds like this, if a woman, even in trousers and with her head uncovered, wants to go to the church to put on candles or pray - let her do it without hindrance. And to your question, where to put candles for the repose, or for health, let it receive only an answer, rather than a long notation about its appearance and judging views at last. After all, the temple is the house of the Lord, and that we are in it, to judge someone?