Archpriest Andrei Tkachev. Entering the church. The first stage: churching. (№ 404112)

The liturgy is the center of our faith: all the cultural wealth, everything we have in the Church, is connected with the liturgy. Churches are beautiful, but they are needed in order to serve the liturgy. The bell ringing is melodic, but it only calls for the liturgy. The Holy Scripture is valuable in itself, but it is read at the liturgy and, torn from it, begins to be understood differently ...