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question about venerating icons

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Petronius

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Michael the Iconographer said:
I am not sure what the norm is, but yes I venerate icons when I am sick. Icons are a sacred meeting place between God and the saints and man, and as such I would especially encourage those who are ill to venerate them. I doubt anyone ever got sick from venerating an icon that had been venerated by a sick person.

ou are so right , Micheal !!!

My father, a doctor, used to work for many years in the Public Health Administration, in an Orthodox country. They had never any epidemy started from there or just from many people gathered together in churches.
There are no records along the whole period since Public Health Administration exists in Orthodox countries or in ever other Christian country, where sacraments were administered with common objects and in ways that otherways would be considered as classical ways for widespreading of diseases, that any epidemy started from there. I think that this is a fact to be remebered by Christians, and present this to Atheists, when they are disconsidering or denying sacraments and miracles.
It is tested. They will try a lot of explanations,but will not be able to explain why it can start in a restaurant , but not in a Church.
 
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Monica said:
Do Orthodox ever have holy water fonts in their homes? I wouldn't personally because I don't want to have it evaporating, but I was just wondering.

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Orthodox have Holy water in bottles when the water is blessed at specific feasts and drink a bit together with adoron (you call it like this ?) every morning after they wake up and wash their faces, cross and eventualy say their morning prayers, before the breakfest.

Never heard of a fontana in any traditional Orthodox country.
 
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